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Château des Monthairons lies in the Meuse valley, south of Verdun. On the site of a seigneurial residence held by the de la Cour family from 1685, Charles-Henri de la Cour had the present château built in 1857–1859, attributed to the architect Demoget. Classical in layout and neoclassical in decoration, it opens onto the park through a balustraded terrace; the entrance gate is flanked by two dovecote towers. The 14-hectare park retains a 16th-century chapel converted into a hermitage, a second 18th-century chapel and garden follies. Sold to Baron de Chadenet in 1902, the château was requisitioned as a military hospital in June 1915; Maurice Ravel stayed there in 1916. Its facades and roofs, its park and its garden follies have been listed as historic monuments since 1996. Acquired by the Thouvenin family in 1985 and restored, it has been a hotel with restaurant, spa and function rooms since 1989.