Château de Chavaniac

The Château de Chavaniac, also known as Chateau Lafayette, is a fortified manor house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne province, France.

Flanked by two towers of black stone, it was built in the 14th century and was the birthplace of General Lafayette in 1757.

In 1916, a group of wealthy philanthropists led by Scottish-born American industrialist John C. Moffat purchased the castle to serve as a center of philanthropy for people affected by World War I. Following the war he renovated it completely to preserve documents and objects relating to General Lafayette.

The Château de Chavaniac is now a museum open to the public.

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Château de Chavaniac ranks #2,159 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #169 of the 469 mapped in France. Founded 1757, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,228 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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