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Le château en bref
At the locality of Bionne, in the commune of Chécy, east of Orléans on the banks of the Loire, the Château de la Prêche is a 17th-century residence dated to 1642. It grew out of a wine-producing estate: the estate originally comprised a manor house and a vignerons' house, a wine press, courtyards, a garden, vineyards, meadows and a park, recalling the importance of the Orléanais vineyards at that time. Its name is linked to local Protestant history: in 1699, the site of a demolished temple was attached to the estate, shortly after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The château is a building with a rectangular plan, preceded by an elegant flared double-flight perron of ten steps leading to the central entrance. At the end of the 19th century, a tower-shaped wing was added to the north. The façades and roofs have been listed as monuments historiques since 1974. The château is privately owned.