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  3. Normandie
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  5. 76540 Sassetot-le-Mauconduit

  6. Château de Sassetot

 Château de Sassetot à Sassetot-le-Mauconduit en Seine-Maritime

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de plaisance
Seine-Maritime

Château de Sassetot

    Le Château
    76540 Sassetot-le-Mauconduit
Château de Sassetot
Château de Sassetot
Château de Sassetot
Château de Sassetot
Crédit photo : JacoNed - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1772
Construction begins
1872
Acquisition by Albert Perquer
1875
Empress Sissi's stay
20 mai 1975
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
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Heritage classified

Façades and roofs of the castle and orangery; dovecote (Box AE 89, 104): registration by order of 20 May 1975

Key figures

Jean-Robert Bigot - Initial sponsor Started construction in 1772.
Marquis de Martainville - Heir and finisher Finish the building of the castle.
Albert Perquer - Owner and restaurant Acquiert and embellish the castle in 1872.
Élisabeth de Wittelsbach (Sissi) - Empress of Austria Stayed at the castle in 1875.
Albert de Mun - Catholic speaker Stayed there until 1914.

Origin and history

The castle of Sassetot, also known as the castle of Sissi, is an 18th-century residence located in the municipality of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit, Seine-Maritime. Built in 1772 by Jean-Robert Bigot, it was completed by his nephew, Martainville's Marquis. This castle, transformed into a hotel-restaurant, has been partially listed as historical monuments since 1975.

In 1872, the castle was acquired by Albert Perquer, a wealthy Havre shipowner, who restored it and furnished it sumptuously. In the summer of 1875 he welcomed Empress Elizabeth of Wittelsbach, known as Sissi, who had come to stay there for three months with her daughter Marie-Valérie and a suite of 70 people. Sissi is involved in sports and takes advantage of the sea baths to treat her daughter with pneumonia.

The castle then passed by alliance to the Mun family, which kept it until the middle of the 20th century. Albert de Mun, a Catholic speaker, regularly stayed there until 1914. The facades, roofs, orangery and dovecote have been protected since 1975, testifying to its heritage importance.

External links

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