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The château de la Grillière, located in Faye-la-Vinière (Indre-et-Loire), is a 16th and 17th century building listed as a historical monument since 16 September 1953. It is a former fief dependent on Faye-la-Vieuse, surrounded originally by a large enclosure with remains in the northwest and southwest, including a corner tower. The main body of the castle, built at the end of the sixteenth century, extends between two pavilions connected by polygonal towers of stairs.

In the 18th century, the northeast facade was modified by the addition of a forebody topped by a triangular pediment. Two wings in return, perpendicular to this facade, delimit the courtyard. The north wing, older (XVI century), preserves Renaissance elements such as pilasters and a cylindrical tower. On the other hand, a symmetrical wing, dedicated to servitudes, extends to a dovecoier in ruins dating from the early 16th century.

The castle, whose facades and roofs have been protected since 1953, now belongs to a private company. Its architecture thus combines traces of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, reflecting the stylistic and functional evolutions of the period. The remains of the enclosure and the dovecote bear witness to its past importance as a local fief.

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