Château de la Vernade

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Le château en bref

The Château de la Vernade stands in the commune of Chassiers, in the Ardèche. Its construction began in the 15th century. The de la Vernade family owned it from at least 1361, the year in which Agnès de la Vernade is mentioned in a will; its members notably included Louis de la Vernade, first president of the Parlement of Languedoc in 1467, Charles de la Vernade, a member of Charles VIII's regency council in 1472, and Pierre de la Vernade, master of requests in 1504. The estate then passed to the de Mazade family, which adopted the name Mazade de la Vernade; the line died out in 1807 on the death of Louis-Augustin de Mazade, and his daughter Adélaïde-Félicité succeeded him. The building later housed the municipal boys' and girls' schools. Today it houses the town hall of Chassiers and belongs to the commune.