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

château A château (, ; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, 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 re ...

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 (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

, 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 ''

monuments historiques () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...

'', 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

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