Château de Boisgibault

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About ten kilometres south of Orléans, in the commune of Ardon, the Château de Boisgibault is a hunting lodge typical of the Sologne region. The name first appears in 1510, and the earliest known owner is Jean Maubert, a Protestant from Orléans. By 1564, a manor house with a central body flanked by two small towers already stood on the site; it was rebuilt around the mid-17th century. The estate reached its peak in the 18th century, when Jacques Charpentier de Boisgibault, president of the Cour des aides, expanded it to some 3,000 hectares. In 1829, it was bought by the Marquis de Gasville, a former prefect and peer of France. The original residence, flanked by two turrets with pepper-pot roofs, was extended by two service wings added in the 18th century; a chapel was fitted out inside the residence. The wrought-iron gate, the façades and roofs, and the ground-floor interior decoration are listed as Monuments historiques. The château is privately owned.