The Château de Saint-Hubert, also known as the ''Manoir de Saint-Hubert'', is a

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Chavenon Chavenon (; oc, Chavanon) is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France. History The former name is ''Ecclesia de Cavenone'',Quoted for the first time as Ecclesia de Cavenone by Nicolas de Nicolay 1517-1583. the name o ...

in the Allier department in the

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'' of

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History

The building was in origin a hunting lodge in the ''Bois de Sceauve'' belonging to the nearby Château de Laly in

Le Montet Le Montet () is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population Sights *Castle of Laly, which is an 18th-century building. See also *Bourbonnais Bourbonnais () was a historic province in th ...

. It was completely rebuilt as a full-scale château in the 19th century by the then owner, M. Pierre Camus (1845-1905), who also commissioned the

landscape gardener Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

François-Marie Treyve François-Marie Treyve (1847–1906) was a French landscape gardener. Life Treyve originated from Trévoux. He was trained by his father-in-law, Joseph Marie. In the 1880s he was appointed Inspector of Parks and Gardens of Vichy. He took over from ...

to create the surrounding park. The building has been used since 2006 as a

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monastery.

Notes

*''Summed up and translated from the equivalent article at French Wikipédia, 31 October 2007'' Houses completed in the 19th century Châteaux in Allier Russian Orthodox monasteries in France 19th-century architecture in France {{France-castle-stub