Château de Bressuire

The castle was built on the site of an oppidum of the Gauls and was first documented in 1029, in a charter at Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers.

[2] The visible remains date essentially from the end of the 12th and the start of the 13th century.

From this time date the large building closing off the courtyard, that has mullion windows, splendid granite chimneys in the private rooms and an elegant gallery, all intended to show the refinement of the owner.

The castle subsequently belonged to a number of families but its maintenance was ignored.

In 1880, a neo-Gothic château was built in the castle court,[2] set back in relation to the former building.