Château de Chazeron
Loubeyrat, France
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Situated in Loubeyrat in the Puy-de-Dôme département of central France, the Château de Chazeron is a medieval castle transformed in the seventeenth century by Jules Hardouin-Mansart. His interventions substantially remodeled the fortress: he constructed a new staircase within the former keep, added an arcaded gallery, filled in the moat, demolished three external walls, and appended two wings. During the Second World War, the castle served as a prison for prominent French political figures including Léon Blum, Georges Mandel, Édouard Daladier, Paul Reynaud, and Maurice Gamelin, who were held there in 1942 before the Riom Trial. Today the castle functions as a cultural center displaying drawings and avant-garde furniture, while its keep affords panoramic views across the Sardon valley and the Limagne plain. The site has been classified as a historical monument since 1944.
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- Type
- castle
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Loubeyrat, France
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