Château de Saint-Hubert (Chavenon)
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The Château de Saint-Hubert, otherwise the Manoir de Saint-Hubert, 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...

 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:...

 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
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History

The building was in origin a hunting lodge in the Bois de Sceauve belonging to the nearby Château de Laly
Château de Laly
The Château de Laly is a château or manor-house in Le Montet in the Allier départment in the Auvergne Region of France.-History:The present building is of the 17th century...

 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:*...

. It was completely rebuilt as a full-scale château in the 19th century by the then owner, M. Pierre Camus (1845-1905), who also commissioned the landscape gardener François-Marie Treyve
François-Marie Treyve
-Life:Treyve originated from Trévoux. He was trained by his father-in-law, Joseph Marie. In the 1880s he was appointed Inspector of Parks and Gardens of Vichy. He took over from his father-in-law at Moulins in 1881 and set up the landscape gardening firm Établissements Treyve-Marie, in which he in...

 to create the surrounding park.

The building has been used since 2006 as a Russian Orthodox monastery.
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