Free visit of the castle and its park

Name: Visita libre del castillo y su parque
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette

As every year, the castle of Chavaniac-Lafayette will be open to the public and will join the event of the European Heritage Days by organizing several events.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Département de la Haute-Loire

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Château de Chavaniac-Lafayette

Le bourg, 43230 Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Haute-Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This manorial house, old(former) strong house of the XIVth century, was rebuilt at the beginning of the XVIIIth century then restored by the marquess of Lafayette at the end of the XVIIIth century. The Memorial Lafayette procèdera association in its refitting(reorganisation) at the beginning of the XXth century. It is in these places that the marquess of Lafayette, heroin of both worlds, was born in 1757, and spent his childhood. The castle will be the ownership of an American association, Memorial Lafayette, from 1917 till 2008\. It is a departmental property since 2009\. The castle is at the heart of a 3 hectare park, done up by the founder of the association (John Moffat) by drawing inspiration from gardens of Albert Kahn. A muséographie redraws big(great) stages of the life of the general and his close friends, and allows to discover a rare collection of 14 panels(signs) of wallpaper, elements of decorations(sets) of the XVIIIth century. The castle of Chavaniac-Lafayette possesses the label "House of the Famous".