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Château de Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle dans l'Orne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Orne

Château de Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle

    68 Le Château
    61270 Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle

Origin and history

The Château de Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle is a building located in the commune of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle in Normandy. The available sources do not specify its exact origin or period of construction, which makes it a monument whose history remains partially unknown. In the Norman region, castles have often played a central role in the social and economic organization of the territories.

In Saint-Hilaire-sur-Risle, as in other rural communes, these buildings could be used as a seigneurial residence, a defence or a symbol of local power. Their presence generally reflected the feudal or post-feudal dynamics of the region, although details specific to this castle are not documented in current sources.