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Le château en bref
In Férolles, south-east of Orléans, on the banks of the Ousson, the Château de la Queuvre stands on the territory of the former commune of La Queuvre, merged into Férolles in 1818. It was built between 1515 and 1520, at the very beginning of the Renaissance, during the reign of Francis I. The château welcomed a distinguished guest: in 1659, the young Louis XIV spent the night there on his journey to the Pyrenees, where he was to marry the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain. The estate later served as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Penthièvre, a great nobleman of the eighteenth century, who lived at the Château de Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, very nearby. The château has been listed as a monument historique since 12 January 1931. It is today a privately owned property operated as a farm, and it is not open to visitors; its detailed architectural features are poorly documented.