The Château de Laly is a château

Château

A château is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions...

 or manor-house in Le Montet

Le Montet

Le Montet is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-Population:-See also:*Bourbonnais*Portal:France*Portal:European Union*Communes of the Allier department-References:*...

 in the Allier

Allier

Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...

 départment in the Auvergne

Auvergne (région)

Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...

 Region

Régions of France

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of France

France

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.

History

The present building is of the 17th century. Its former owners included the Gaulmyn family, who were lawyers to the Bourbon

House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma...

s, and later the Camus family.

The château formerly also owned a chapel and a hunting lodge in Chavenon

Chavenon

Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-History:The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.-Population:-Government:...

: this is now known as the Château de Saint-Hubert

Château de Saint-Hubert (Chavenon)

The Château de Saint-Hubert, otherwise the Manoir de Saint-Hubert, is a château in Chavenon in the Allier départment in the Auvergne Region of France.-History:...

, and is presently in use as a Russian Orthodox monastery.