Manorial house. Three round turrets and staircase with screw with Gothic door in weapons Déols-Chauvigny. After a fire happened in 1367, Guy III de Chauvigny, descendant of Denise, last heiress of the house of Déols, rebuilds the castle in the style of a manorial hotel by 1450\. IN the XVIIth century, belongs in Cop who(which) do not domicile(reside) (there except Clear - Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, princess of Cop, exile by her husband, the Big(Great) Cop, duke of Châteauroux, who lives there from 1671 till 1694). Place of birth of the general Bertrand (1773), faithful servant of Napoleon whom he accompanied in Saint Helena. Property of the General Council of the Indre since 1792\. In the old(former) room where deliberated the assembly until 1971, panels(signs) painted by Fernand Maillaud, Raul Adam or Abel Bertram evoking rural Berry, stained-glass windows of Lobin with the coats of arms of the administrative centres of canton of the department of the Indre (decoration(set) ended in 1914). Close by, the prefectural residence of neoclassical style (1823-1826) is included(comprised) in the visit of Castle Raul, the public will be able to admire the furniture of the lounges(shows) of reception as well as the office(desk) of the prefect.

Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Lieu de pouvoir, édifice judiciaire, Monument historique