Château de Beauvoir, Medieval castle in Échassières, France.

Château de Beauvoir is a fortified castle on the edge of the Colettes forest, 1 km east of Échassières near the D 998. Its grey stone walls stand behind open grass: a long low building with a pitched roof and a tall arched opening, a taller block with rows of small windows and a steep dark roof, and a round tower with a conical roof at the right end.

The castle was built around 1200 and originally belonged to the Le Loup family, who established it as a fortified stronghold. In the early 16th century it passed to the Alègre family, who expanded and adapted the property over generations.

The name Beauvoir, "beautiful view", matches the castle's position 1 km east of Échassières, at the edge of the Colettes forest near the D 998 road. The Le Loup family held the seigneurie from the 12th century to the early 16th century, when it passed by marriage to the d'Alègre family, who kept it until 1775.

The castle stands about 1 km east of the village of Échassières, beside the D 998 road at the edge of the Colettes forest. It is the working headquarters of the Société des kaolins de Beauvoir, so the buildings are not open to visitors; the complex is seen from the road and the surrounding land.

The castle now serves as the headquarters of the Société des kaolins de Beauvoir, a company extracting high-quality kaolin deposits beneath the property. This industrial presence connects the medieval past with modern economic activity at the same location.