Château du Vieux-Bost

English translation

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History

The fief originally belongs to the knights of Murat. In the 17th century, it passes to the marquis de Tilly. Example of a seigneurial dwelling of the Bourbonnais in the 16th and 17th centuries whose character has not been altered by later restorations. The château is situated at the far end of a cour d'honneur closed on one side by a service building and on the fourth by the chapel extended by wrought iron railings. Beyond the chapel extends another service building. A small pond is adorned with an octagonal pavilion from the 18th century, its roof surmounted by a statue of a type rare for the region. The chapel is a rectangular building dating from the 17th century. The railings present decorative elements of military inspiration (cannons, trumpets, flags...) and seem to date from the 18th century. The château is a building of rectangular plan flanked by square towers on the façade on the courtyard, and by two round towers on the façade on the park. On the side of the service buildings, a small round tower comes to place itself between the round tower and the square one. The façade on the courtyard seems to date from the 16th century with alterations in the following century.