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Le château en bref
Villefallier Castle is located in Jouy-le-Potier, in the Loiret department. An earlier castle, destroyed during the Wars of Religion, was moved and rebuilt in 1705 on the present site; to the south, beyond an ornamental pond, the moats of the former site survive. Vice-Admiral Sébastien-François Bigot de Morogues, lieutenant general of the naval armies, died there on 26 August 1781. Around 1859, the Orléans architect Jutteau restored the residence for Vicomtesse Paul Bigot de Morogues. From 1875 to 1879, Jules Pottier de La Morandière, diocesan architect and pupil of Duban, entirely rebuilt the château for Viscount Raymond Bigot de Morogues. This historicist residence in brick under slate has a symmetrical plan, a square first floor and an attic storey; two projecting pavilions frame the central body, and a circular tower houses the staircase. The estate includes a park, a chapel, outbuildings and a dovecote. Listed in the Inventaire général, the château is not protected as a monument historique; being privately owned, it is not open to visitors.