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The Villa Marguerite or Château Marguerite is a
mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word ''manse'' originally defined a property l ...
in Neussargues-Moissac in the
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department in the
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History

The Villa Marguerite is a late 19th-century French
mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word ''manse'' originally defined a property l ...
, the present form of which is due to its second owner, Maurice Guibal, a former mayor of
Murat, Cantal Murat () is a commune in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region in south-central France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Chastel-sur-Murat was merged into Murat. Murat is the administrative seat of this new commune. Histo ...
, who named it after his daughter. Villa Marguerite is a distinctive landmark of Neussargues-Moissac and often features on post cards of the town.Old postcard of the Villa


Notes and references

Buildings and structures in Cantal Châteaux in Cantal Houses completed in the 19th century Villas in France 19th-century architecture in France {{France-struct-stub