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Long Castle, nicknamed the Folie de Buissy, was built in the 18th century by Honoré-Charles de Buissy, local lord, on the plans of architect Charles-Étienne Briseux, inspired by his collection of "The Art of Building Country Houses" (1743). Originally, a medieval fortress controlled the passage over the Somme, as in the Catelet. The present castle, made of pink brick and white stone, replaces this defensive structure. When Buissy died in 1762, his son Pierre de Buissy completed the interior decorations, including the woodwork adorned by Jean-Baptiste Huet, partially sold in the United States before being bought for the Berny Hotel Museum in Amiens.

In the 19th century, the castle changed hands several times. In 1871 Octave de Rouvoroy and his wife Marie de Chabenat de Bonneuil acquired; Their weapons still adorn the facade. Their son René de Rouvoroy, a minor heir in 1882, married Hélène de Francqueville d'Abancourt in 1894, whose fortune allowed the estate to be maintained until the First World War. Ruined by the conflict, the Rouvroys sold the castle in 1916 to Count Gaétan de Panévinon de Marsat, whose daughter Françoise, Countess of Méhérenc, abandoned him in the 1930s.

Saved from the ruin in 1964 by industrialist Roger Van Glabeke, the castle was restored and obtained the Grand Prix Chefs-d'oeuvre in danger. Recurred in 1999, there remains a private property open to the visit. Its 20-hectare park, decorated with ponds, 19th-century greenhouses and an octagonal dovecote, bears witness to its long history. The communes, with their monumental door with triangular pediment, complete this set classified Historic Monument since 1944 and 2003.

Architecturally, the body of mansard houses features three sculpted forebodys, a door key decorated with a mask symbolizing strength, and a more sober oriental façade. The park, combining "French" gardens and wooded spaces, houses statues, a washhouse, and greenhouses housing roses, bougainvillea and citrus. The 18th century dovecote, made of brick and stone, recalls the former seigneurial vocation of the estate.

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