Elements Of The Design

Much of the Chateau is preserved in near original form, as completed in 1624. Because the domain was seized by the revolutionary government and became a "bien nationaux" (government property), the chateau was spared the destruction often wrought upon possessions of the old order.

Paray, now a Bien Nationaux, was left largely unmolested. Because of this, today it remains one of the very few original examples of the Sologne Bourbonnaise design aesthetic in polychrome brick. It does have several interesting defacements though; in one of the towers, for example, is a wall with signatures and dates of Soldiers from several Regiments bilitted in the Chateau in the mid 1800s. There are also some markings attributed to WW2 No photos of these yet, however...