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. Grand Salon VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
The room has a
chimney piece Practical Information
decorated with Place de la Congrégation.
garlands and Tel (02) 97 22 36 45. Ground
hunting scenes, as floor: Open Apr–mid-Jul: 2–6pm
well as 18th-century daily; mid-Jul–Aug: 11am–6pm
furniture and a daily; Sep: 2–5:30pm daily; Oct:
portrait of Louis XIV 2–5:30pm Sat–Sun; school hols:
painted by Rigaud. pm daily. Closed Nov–Mar. &

Façade over the Oust
The fortress stands on
an outcrop of schist at
the foot of which runs
the Oust river. Only four
of the nine towers
raised by Olivier de
Clisson survive.

Entrance
gate

Entrance Gate Dining Room
Beyond the entrance gate is an The Neo-Gothic furniture in the dining room is
inner façade with a wealth of the work of a local cabinetmaker and the design of
intricate carving. the chimney piece echoes that in the Grand Salon.

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