Photo by Père Igor

The castle was built from the 15 to 17th century and never served a strategic or military purpose. It was the mansion of a very wealthy family of low nobility which desired to own an impressive, prestigious mansion. It changed hands many times, before it came into the possession of wealthy industrialist, newspaper tycoon and founder of a facist party François Coty in the late 19th century who performed extensive renovations, but maintained its original look.