Château de Chareil-Cintrat

The Château de Chareil-Cintrat, also known as the Château du Bas-Chareil is a late medieval château in France. It is located near Chareil-Cintrat, in the Allier department, Auvergne. The château was built at the end of the Middle Ages by the Chareil family. In the early 16th century it was the home of Claude Morin, contrôleur ordinaire des guerres, who commissioned the Renaissance interior decorations, after returning from military campaigns during the Italian Wars. During the French Revolution, the property was sold off by the revolutionary government. It was purchased by the Franch state on October 10, 1958, the same year in which it was classed as a monument historique. The château is now in the care of the Centre des monuments nationaux, and is open to the public. It comprises a rectangular main building, with round towers at the north-west and south-west corners. Less