Montplaisant Castle

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Le château en bref

Montplaisant Castle stands in Montagnat, between Bresse and Dombes, a few kilometres from Bourg-en-Bresse. It is an 18th-century mansion, remodelled in the 19th century: a sober, massive, elongated building in roughcast stone, roofed with Roman tiles. According to the Mérimée record, the four-columned porch and the orangery were said to have been added under the Empire, the old description preserved in the departmental archives not matching the present building. The interior retains Louis XV or Louis XVI panelling, fireplaces and a staircase in pink stone. A tree-lined avenue, once more than two kilometres long, leads to a wrought-iron gate flanked by two entrance pavilions; the garden includes hornbeam hedges, one of which forms an H, two terraces to the south and a boundary wall in the shape of a tower. The façades and roofs of the château and the pavilions, the gateway and gate, as well as the grand salon and its decoration, have been listed as monuments historiques since 28 December 1981. A private property, the estate is rented out for receptions.