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The Château de Sourches is a French château in the Neoclassical style, located in the commune of Saint-Symphorien, near Le Mans, in the department of Sarthe and the region of Pays de la Loire.
It was built between 1763 and 1786 by the King's architect, Gabriel de Lestrade, with the assistance of the Manceau architect Jean-François Pradrel, for Louis II du Bouchet de Sourches, Marquis de Sourches, Count of Montsoreau, Grand Provost of France and Provost of the King's Household.
After belonging to the Marquise de Tourzel, daughter-in-law of the Marquis de Sourches, who was governess to the children of France from July 1789, took part in the flight to Varennes and was imprisoned in the Temple Tower with the royal family in August 1792 during the French Revolution, the château passed by inheritance to the Maison de Pérusse des Cars in 1845.
The façades and roofs of the château, as well as its court of honour, moat and chapel, have been listed as a monument historique since 11 April 1947, and the interiors of the château, the great terrace with its vaulted passage linking the terrace to the château's basement, and the coach house and stables building have been listed since 30 September 2022.