Château de Pras

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Le château en bref

The Château de Pras stands in the commune of Saint-Pierreville, in Ardèche, on a slope covered with chestnut trees. The building comprises three residential wings set at right angles around an inner courtyard, flanked by round corner turrets whose upper parts have been truncated. Its history has been documented since the 15th century, when the estate belonged to the de Loye family, to which the notary Guillaume de Loye belonged. In 1501, the property passed by inheritance to Philibert de Burine. In 1540, Raymond II de Burine acquired the rights of middle and low justice over the territory. The seigneury then passed by marriage to the Bourdier family in 1597, when Marie de Burine married Pierre Bourdier. In 1763, Marie-Marguerite-Louise de Marcha married Étienne de Gigord, who was the last lord of the place before the French Revolution. The Château de Pras remains today a private property that is not open to visitors and is not protected as a historic monument.