The complex, built in the 10th century, remained a working farm until 1992 it was converted into a prestigious banqueting center to help finance the restoration and maintenance of the family Chateau.
When the work began, the Châtelaine, Dorianne Destenay Bovet, originally an artist in New York, was struck by the views through the six vaulted stone doors.
Inspired by the beauty of the Alps and the bucolic countryside, she decided that the doors should become the focal point of the restoration.
She used glass to preserve the views and natural daylight and added wrought iron decorative elements evoking the garden’s irises and daylilies, They were made by Fabio Zacchei, a well known artisan in
The original medieval castle built in 1300, was partially demolished and replaced by the present Château in 1712. The same family has owned the estate for nearly a thousand years.
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