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The records attest to a lord of the barge in 1190. The castle is located in a rural setting near a Roman road and a ford on the Dore. He agrdé some of its original moat. Terraces of Renaissance dress on three sides up to the first floor and lead to a chapel lit by a series of remarkable stained glass windows.

The field, whose elements are a major park, a forest in a star, a channel and a French garden of 2 hectares. including a fruit-garden ornamental, has been reorganized in the 17th and 18th centuries. The garden began a collection of fruit trees with the assistance of the Conservatory of Spaces and Landscapes of the Auvergne. and progressive host of other plants. Currently grassed two heights couped'herbe the 1910 mark on the ground that the meters of garden paths involved and that offers a walk.

Plans of the 18th led to very precise track of them.