The Château de la Verrerie 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 Le Creusot,

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

, France.

History

It was built in 1787. It was acquired by Adolphe Schneider and his brother, Eugène Schneider, co-founders of Schneider-Creusot, in 1837.

Architectural significance

It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 1984.

References

Châteaux in Saône-et-Loire Monuments historiques of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Houses completed in 1787 1787 establishments in France {{France-castle-stub