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Château du Bois-Robert en Mayenne

Mayenne

Château du Bois-Robert

    2 Bois Robert
    53340 Préaux

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
30 octobre 1596
Acquisition of the estate
1850
Construction of the current castle
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

René de Saint-Remy - Cooker and Lord of Pine First known purchaser of the estate in 1596.
Louis de Berset - Owner and builder of the castle Transformed the estate in the 19th century.
Pierre de Chantepie - Former owner, Sieur du Bu Selled the estate in 1596.

Origin and history

The Château du Bois-Robert found its origins in a simple farmhouse acquired on 30 October 1596 by René de Saint-Remy, squire and seigneur du Pin, near Pierre de Chantepie, sieur du Bu. This modest estate was initially used as a casual foot-to-earth, with the construction of a pavilion by one of its heirs. The traces of this ancient period, however, remain limited, with the site only growing later.

The major transformation of the estate took place in the 19th century under the impetus of Louis de Berset, who erected the present castle and its landscape in 1850. At that time, Abbé Angot stressed the fame of the castle greenhouses, sheltering rare plants and palm trees considered the most beautiful in the region. These arrangements reflected the taste of the era for botanical collections and gardens of pleasure, symbols of prestige and scientific curiosity.

Louis de Berset also enriches the castle of an exceptional library, acquiring some of the illustrated works from the collection of Rosny Castle. This library, although less documented than greenhouses, showed a remarkable cultural heritage, combining the domain with a tradition of learning and knowledge conservation. Today, these historical elements give the Bois-Robert castle a double identity, both aristocratic residence and a place of prestigious collections.

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