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Le château en bref
Trousse-Barrière Château stands in Briare, in the Loiret department. The site was first a farmstead, mentioned as early as 1508, acquired in 1604 by Hugues Cosnier, builder of the Canal de Briare, and then transferred in 1653 to François Boutheroue. The present château was built from 1885 to 1890 for Paul Yver, son-in-law of Jean-Félix Bapterosses, the industrialist behind Briare's enamel works. In neo-Louis XIII style, built of brick and dressed stone, it is flanked by two round corner towers with bulbous caps and roofed with mansard-style roofs pierced by pedimented dormer windows. Inside, the dining room retains a Renaissance-style coffered ceiling, carved woodwork and stained-glass windows made in 1895 by the painter Henri Harpignies, and a painting of 1896 by him is protected as a monument historique. Owned by the town since 1974 and restored, the château has housed an exhibition centre and artists' residencies since 1982.