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Origin and history

Château d'Origny is a building located in Neuvy, in the Allier department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Today it presents itself as a square house of neo-Gothic style, built in 1875, surrounded by dry moats that recall the location of an old mansion. A barn with wooden panels and two-coloured bricks completes the architectural ensemble.

The first historical records date back to 1226, when Ponce, Abbé de Sept-Fons, gave Gilbert d'Origny land in the parish of Neuvy. Over the centuries, the estate changed hands several times: in 1557 it belonged to Antoine de Jaligny, then around 1630 to Nicolas Quignault, a bourgeois millerois married to Jeanne Aubery, daughter of the seigneur of Ardenne. In 1637 the Heulard family became its owner.

In 1742 Charles Auguste Olivier des Palières, attorney of the king and mayor of Moulins, acquired the castle. His son, a lieutenant-general in the Bourbonnais estate, emigrated during the Revolution, resulting in the confiscation and sale of his property. In the 19th century, a banker bought the land of Origny. His son, Pierre Gabriel Anatole Guillaume-Grandpré, mayor of Neuvy from 1871 to 1881, had the castle rebuilt in his present style.

The history of the castle reflects the social and political changes in the region, from the hands of medieval lords to bourgeois and magistrates under the Old Regime, before being transformed by a local influential family in the 19th century.

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