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Origin and history

Beauvais Castle, located in the commune of Bonnat in the Creuse department, belongs to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. This monument is distinguished by its body of houses in return for square, flanked by three circular towers, one of which dominates an outside courtyard. The facades, partially masked by ivy, incorporate an arcade gallery on one of the delles, reflecting both defensive and residential architecture.

The Beauvais fief was detained by the family of Aygurande, native of Berry, from 1438 to 1718. In 1651 Gilberte de la Court was the owner, before the estate passed to his son François d'Aygurande, squire and lord of the place. In 1659 Charlotte de Saint Maur inherited it, then the castle changed hands in 1770 for the benefit of the family of Saint-Julien, whose titles Gilbert bore Baron de Saint-Vaury and Viscount de Bernage.

The Barony of Beauvais was then transmitted via Jeanne Bertrand, the lady of the place, to Étienne de la Celle, who bequeathed it to his nephew Valéry d'Argier, himself Baron of Saint-Vaury and Viscount of Bernage. Anne de Saint Maur later became the owner. During the Revolution, her husband, exiled and then returned to France, was arrested in Guéret as an emigrant, sentenced to death and guillotined on 27 August 1793, marking a tragic episode in the history of the castle.

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