The Château de Bellegarde, also known as the Château des l'Hospital, is a

château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ...

in the commune of Bellegarde,

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

, France. The alternative name is from the de l'Hospital family, owners in the 16th and 17th centuries.Jacques-Henri Bauchy, 1981: ''Mille ans d'histoire à Bellegarde'' The structure dates originally from the 14th century, although there are traces of 12th-century work, but has been repeatedly remodelled by successive owners. Large parts of the château have been listed as ''

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'', in 1928, 1937 and 1969.

Gallery

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Notes and references

External links

Website of the Conseil général du Loiret: château de Bellegarde

Châteaux in Loiret Monuments historiques of Centre-Val de Loire {{France-castle-stub