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The Château de Lafarge stands in the commune of Viviers, in the Ardèche, on the banks of the Rhône near the Île de Lafarge. Its exact construction date remains uncertain, somewhere between the 17th and 18th centuries. On 23 April 1749, Balthazar Aymar de Monteil sold the property to Claude Pavin, councillor to the king; Pavin leased the island to a tenant farmer while retaining the eastern part of the château. The building underwent a complete renovation at the beginning of the 19th century, as shown by the date "1805" inscribed on the entrance gate to the courtyard. A funerary chapel was built around 1854, and the château chapel was established as a domestic chapel in 1857. On 14 November 1874, part of the outbuildings was ravaged by fire, leading to restoration work; at the end of the 19th century the ground floor was renovated and entrance pavilions were built along the national road. Today the château remains private property, closed to the public.