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The castle of Arnicourt, located in the village of the same name in the Ardennes (Great East), is an 18th-century building, profoundly renovated in the 19th century. It consists of a body of chalk houses on two levels, flanked by asymmetric wings (brick on the left, chalk on the right) surrounding an entrance courtyard. The roof, called at La Mansart, and the remains of ancient moat testify to its architectural heritage. Inside, three rooms on the first floor preserve 18th-century glazed walls, rare and preserved elements.

The present castle was rebuilt in the 18th century by the family of Rémont, on the remains of an older building of which only moat remains. In 1837, Gustave Le Bienvenu-Dubusc acquired it and undertook important work, including the addition of a carillon on the roof – now extinct, with the exception of its lantern. These 19th-century changes, combined with later developments, marked its architectural evolution. The monument was inscribed in the Historic Monuments in 2001, protecting its facades, roofs, commons and moat.

Private property, the castle is located below the village of Arnicourt, in a preserved setting. Its history reflects the transformations of aristocratic residences in Champagne-Ardenne, between medieval heritage (douves) and adaptations to tastes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The sources also mention his carillon, symbol of a prestige today erased, as well as the interior panellings, witnesses of his past fascist.

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