The Château-Neuf de Laval is a beautiful 16th-century building close to the Vieux-Château. Its facade is enhanced by a newly refurbished cobbled esplanade.
Commissioned by the Lords Guy XVI and Guy XVII in the early 16th century, this tufa stone pleasure gallery was completed in the mid-16th century.
It is a fine example of the art of the Second Renaissance. Its sober lines and volumes (round arches, columns and pilasters, mullioned windows) contrast with the ornamental exuberance of the Old Château.
The building, which housed the Palais de Justice from the Revolution until 1998, was restored a few years ago.