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The castle of Mirebeau is a monument located in Trevol, in the department of Allier (region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes). It consists of a house body dating from the 16th or 17th century, flanked by two 19th century pavilions imitating the Baroque style of the early 17th century. These polychrome brick pavilions house a chapel and an old kitchen. The ensemble is complemented by a lower yard, agricultural buildings, a park with pond and a dovecote, reflecting bourbonese rural architecture.

The estate belongs to the family Gassot de Champigny from 1850. The facades and roofs of the pavilions containing the chapel and the kitchen are inscribed in the historical monuments by order of 31 December 1985. The wheat barn, typical of the eighteenth century, and the original vegetable garden bear witness to the functional evolution of the site, between seigneurial residence and farm.

The decoration of the doors of the pavilions, with its two-coloured bosses and volute pediments, illustrates the Baroque influences of the early seventeenth century. The chapel and the kitchen, integrated in the pavilions, underline the duality between religious and domestic use. The dovecote and the vegetable garden, preserved in their initial disposition, recall the importance of agricultural activities in the organisation of the rural areas of the region.

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