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Château de la Baume au Veurdre au Veurdre dans l'Allier

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château

Château de la Baume au Veurdre

    Rue des Héros du Pont, La Beaume
    03320 Le Veurdre
Private property
Crédit photo : Sdo216 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1301
First known confession
XIIIe siècle
Fire from the strong house
vers 1570
Destruction during the Wars of Religion
1839
Creation of a sugar factory
1876
Interior decorations by Fauvel
fin XVIIIe siècle
Property of the Quassière
7 octobre 1991
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle, including the following rooms with their decor: staircase, wallpaper lounge, dining room, large living room, Chinese living room, boudoir, small living room; park with its terraces, barn, stables and sheds on courtyard of 1758 and the remains of the old fort house (cad. B 282, 296): entry by order of 7 October 1991

Key figures

Perrin-Blanc (ou Le Blanc) - Medieval owner Family holding the castle until 1570.
Jean Baptiste de La Quassière - Vicomte de Chalus, owner Separated during the French Revolution.
François Dorothée de La Quassière - Mayor of Veurdre, heir Increase the castle and launch the factory.
Hippolyte Fauvel - Painter-Decorator Author of interior decorations in 1876.

Origin and history

The Baume Castle, located in the Veurdre in the Allier, is a rectangular building surrounded by a park with three-centennial trees. It dates mainly from the 18th century, although a 15th century tower and remains of a strong house burned in the 13th century remain. The original site, built on a peak overlooking the Allier, was rebuilt after a fire in the 13th century, reusing the materials of the former lower yard.

From the 14th century, the castle belonged to the Perrin-Blanc family (or Le Blanc), which kept it until the wars of Religion (circa 1570), during which time it was destroyed. In the 18th century he passed into the hands of Jean Baptiste de La Quassière, Viscount de Chalus, and his wife Marie Thérèse Alarose, spared during the Revolution. Their son, François Dorothée, mayor of Veurdre, enhanced him in the early 19th century.

In 1839 François Dorothée attempted to establish a beet sugar factory there, but the company failed, resulting in the seizure and sale of the estate in 1852. The interior decorations, including a Chinese salon and paintings by Hippolyte Fauvel (1876), testify to its later embellishment. The castle, its outbuildings and remains of the fort house were listed as historical monuments in 1991.

The site preserves traces of its architectural evolution, from the medieval strong house to the transformations of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, illustrating its adaptation to the needs and tastes of its successive owners.

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