Château de Chavaniac
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The Château de Chavaniac is a strong house of eighteen rooms furnished in the Louis XIII style located in Chavaniac-Lafayette, Haute-Loire, in Auvergne, France.
Framed with two towers in black stones it was built in the 14th Century and is the birth place of the Marquis de la Fayette in 1757.
In 1917, American industrialist John Moffat purchased the castle and renovated it completely to preserve the documents and objects of General Lafayette.
The Château de Chavaniac is now a museum open to the public.
