Château de Neuvic, Renaissance castle in Neuvic, France.
Château de Neuvic is a Renaissance castle featuring a central building and L-shaped wing that overlook a terrace facing the Isle River. A pavilion housing the main staircase connects these two sections together.
Jean I de Mellet de Fayolle inherited the seigneurie of Neuvic from his maternal uncle Annet de Fayolle and took his surname; the line held the estate until Charlotte de Mellet de Fayolle died in 1885. Her great-niece Marie-Augustine-Adrienne de Gourcy inherited it and brought it by marriage to the counts of Hay de Nétumières. One of these counts sold the castle in 1924. The facades and roofs were classified as monuments historiques on 28 April 1952, after the rest of the building was inscribed on 5 November 1927.
The castle has belonged to the Mellet de Fayolle family from Jean I (d. 1562) until Charlotte de Mellet de Fayolle died in 1885, when it passed to her great-niece Marie-Augustine-Adrienne de Gourcy. Through her marriage it reached the comtes de Hay de Nétumières, one of whom sold it in 1924. The seigneurial line included Louis Raphaël Lucrèce de Mellet de Fayolle, last seigneur and marquis de Neuvic.
The castle is best explored on foot, with the riverside terrace offering a good vantage point to understand the building's overall layout. The surrounding grounds invite visitors to spend time walking around and taking in the setting at a leisurely pace.
The château stands on the left bank of the Isle, 350 metres from the departmental road 39, northeast of Neuvic. Its grounds are also protected: the château and its park have been listed as a picturesque site since 5 November 1927, the same date as the inscription of the building itself.
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