This elegant castle made from blue shale was built in a Renaissance style, from 1562.
In the 19th century, René de Tocqueville restored the castle and designed the landscaped grounds surrounding it, with all the decorative features: ponds, cave, greenhouse and rotunda, flowerbeds, water features, French-style gardens, all spread over the 17-hectare estate.
The castle and grounds are today listed historic monuments.
The castle’s many turrets, the doors with moulding trims and dormer windows with scrolls are all evidence of the Renaissance style of the castle. The castle’s buildings feature evidence of the tragic love story between Marguerite and Julien, with an engraving of a heart with an arrow through it on the staircase of the “Tour des Vents”.
The story of Julien and Marguerite
A brother and sister who fell madly in love with one another. Their passionate relationship forced their parents to take action to separate them.
Marguerite was forced to marry another man, but she fled to find her brother.
They hid their love for one another for several months, before being decapitated with a sword at the current Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in Paris.
