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Château de Bity today

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Château de Bity

The Château de Bity is a château in Sarran, Corrèze, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. Re-built in the 17th century after a fire in 1579, it has been a private residence since and was acquired by Jacques Chirac in 1969; it has hosted state visitors and is listed as an official monument.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

First raised

1600

Its prime

1999

Today

Still standing

As it stood in 1999

The shape it held in its prime.

A 17th-century rebuilt château: a multi-storey reconstructed manor with ordered masonry façades and an intact roofline, set in rural Sarran. The building reads as a private residence rather than a ruined fortress; the exterior presents a formal main frontage with regular window openings and chimneys, and the château sits within its estate grounds. The fabric appears maintained and in active use, consistent with hosting official visitors at the end of the 20th century.

Step inside

6 places to explore in 1999.

The record describes 6 distinct spots at Château de Bity — including 4 interiors: entrance hall (set for protocol), state reception room, former wartime hospital ward and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Main approach and façadeEntrance hall (set for protocol)State reception roomFormer wartime hospital wardHiding place used by the ResistanceEstate grounds and parkland

Create History

See Château de Bity with the fires lit.

The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1999 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.

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