Villa Marguerite Explained

The Villa Marguerite or Château Marguerite is a mansion in Neussargues-Moissac in the Cantal department in the Auvergne region of France.

History

The Villa Marguerite is a late 19th-century French mansion, the present form of which is due to its second owner, Maurice Guibal, a former mayor of Murat, Cantal,[1] who named it after his daughter. Villa Marguerite is a distinctive landmark of Neussargues-Moissac and often features on post cards of the town.[2]

Notes and references

45.1303°N 2.9781°W

Notes and References

  1. http://perso.orange.fr/jean-louis.philippart/histoire/nouvelliste.htm Murat at the end of the 19th century: a city, a mayor, a newspaper
  2. http://www.cantalpassion.com/commune_neussargues.htm Old postcard of the Villa