Château De La Faye (Deviat)
The Château de la Faye is a manor house, formerly a fortress, located in the town of Deviat in Charente, France. Built during the Hundred Years' War, the château's ramparts protected the entire population of the town. It has a wide moat and is entered over a bridge with two arches, opening onto a broad esplanade facing the corps de logis. In the 15th century, it was the dowry of Perette de Montendre. Some 19th-century extensions improved the mansard roof with small triangular pediment dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a Roof pitch, pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the ... windows. It was listed as an historical monument on October 23, 1992, and is today run as a hotel. References Monuments historiques of Charente Châteaux in Charente {{France-castle-stub ...
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