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The defensive character of the Château du Cibioux, in the Vienne, a building of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries with machicolations and feudal towers, fades as the visit goes on, revealing a pleasant residence: a chapel beneath a loggia and a pointed-arch doorway.
Windows decorated with Renaissance carvings look out over a fine 18th-century balustraded terrace.
A large 17th- and 18th-century château, once the home of Madame de Montalembert, with twenty restored and furnished rooms.
An ancient castellany of Poitou, Gençay passed to the Rancon family in the 11th century and was rebuilt with royal support after 1242.
A 14th- to 16th-century château perched on a cliff above the Vienne, known for its tours exploring its ghost legends.
The estate once belonged to the Abbey of Ligugé, the oldest monastic house in the West still active today.
A 16th-century fortified house transformed into a neo-Gothic château in the 19th century.
A fortress built from 1443 by the chapter of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, the people of Masseuil and René of Anjou, of which two towers survive.