Longchêne Château

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Le château en bref

Longchêne Château stands on an estate in Saint-Genis-Laval, in the Métropole de Lyon, separated from that of the Grand Perron by a wide valley. Built at the beginning of the seventeenth century, it saw its first recognised lord in 1644. Over the centuries, the property was associated with Florentine merchant Octavio Mey, a figure in the Lyon silk trade, and later with the intendant Jacques de Flesselles. Its fate changed in 1866, when Empress Eugénie, through her generosity, enabled it to be assigned to the Hospices civils de Lyon: it opened in 1869 as a convalescent home under the name Hôpital Sainte-Eugénie. Since 1979, the estate has been part of the Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud. The building takes the form of a rectangular volume with a ground floor and two upper storeys; its north façade has six central bays beneath a segmental pediment, reached by a flight of five steps. A painted French-style ceiling survives inside. The building is not open to visitors.