Château de la Roche (Annesse-et-Beaulieu)
The Château de la Roche is a 19th-century château built by Count Grigory Kushelev-Bezborodko in Annesse-et-Beaulieu, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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History
During World War I, the château served as a military hospital. A U.S. soldier stationed at the hospital later built a folly in Loveland, Ohio, naming it Château Laroche.[1] During World War II, the château served as a hospice for elderly Jewish refugees.[2]
References
- Morris, Jeff (8 June 2009). Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. p. 99. ISBN 9780738560335. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- Reviriego, Bernard. Les juifs en Dordogne, 1939–1944 (in French). Éditions Fanlac. ISBN 2-86577-233-0.
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