Château de Bon-Hôtel

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At Ligny-le-Ribault, in the heart of the Sologne, the Château de Bon-Hôtel illustrates the vogue for the grand hunting residences that flourished in the region after the Second Empire, when the draining of the ponds and reforestation made the Sologne attractive to the aristocracy. It was built between 1875 and 1882 by the Parisian architects Clément and Louis Parent for an aristocratic family from Orléans, who conceived it as a hunting lodge for the hunt on horseback (chasse à courre). The brief therefore favoured reception spaces, intended to accommodate hunting parties and guests. The architecture draws on the Renaissance repertoire of the Loire Valley, with its tall roofs and ornate dormer windows, in a neo-Renaissance style much admired at the end of the nineteenth century. The façades and roofs, together with the vestibule, the central hall and the main staircase, have been listed as monuments historiques since 1991. The château remains a private property.