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Origin and history

The Château de Montières was built in 1820 for the Baron d'Halloy d'Hocquincourt, a member of a family of Amienese magistrates. Its architecture combines brick and stone, characteristic of the Picardy region. In 1905, the building underwent major changes, adapting its structure to the needs of the time.

In 1940, the Baroness, who had become a widow, offered the castle to the Missionary Community of Our Lady of the Apostles to provide care. Faced with maintenance costs, the nuns handed it over in 1971 to the city of Amiens for a symbolic franc. After a fire in 1989, it was restored and converted into a retirement home, then into apartments and associative spaces.

The estate consists of a central pavilion flanked by two wings and quadrangular pavilions. Its park houses remarkable trees, including a soap maker and two plane trees, accessible to the public. The castle thus illustrates the evolution of heritage uses, from private housing to collective utility.

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