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Castle of Bonnemare à Radepont dans l'Eure

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Renaissance
Eure

Castle of Bonnemare

    990 Chemin de Bacqueville
    27380 Radepont
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Crédit photo : Giogo - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1555
Purchased by Nicolas Le Conte
1637
Acquisition by Étienne de Fieux
1668
Larger press
1991–1992
Historic Monument Protection
2006
Tourism rehabilitation
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

All the communes bordering the farm yard: north of the châtelet: facades and roofs of barns, stables, loggers (without modern additions) and facades and roofs of the housing wing, including old structures made of wooden panels remaining; south of the châtelet : press (buildings and operating elements, buildings by destination with the cider cellar and pantry), facades and roofs of the stables, of the former bakery (transformed into a dwelling) and of the stables in return, elements remaining between the lower courtyard and the courtyard of honour, two arcades and fragment of wall, all of the old fence of the estate (C 131 to 136, 122): inscription by decree of 14 January 1991 - Castle, excluding the north wing; chestnut; chapel (cad. C 136, 135): Order of 16 October 1992

Key figures

Nicolas Le Conte (seigneur de Draqueville) - President of the Normandie Parliament Commander of the castle (1555).
Étienne de Fieux - Owner in the 17th century Transforms the commons in 1668.
Gustave Gatine - Notary and ancestor of owners Acquired the castle in 1888.
Raoul de Bonnemare - Legendary figure Associated with Lai des Deux-Amants.

Origin and history

Bonnemare Castle is a Renaissance residence built from the 4th quarter of the 16th century, on the site of a former medieval mansion in Radepont (Eure, Normandy). Acquisé in 1555 by Nicolas Le Conte, seigneur of Draqueville – then president of the Parliament of Normandy – the site is profoundly redesigned: construction of the house, the entrance castle, a Greek cross chapel inspired by Philibert Delorme, and farm buildings. The legend combines the place with Raoul de Bonnemare, character of the Lai des Deux-Amants de Marie de France, although this medieval occupation remains hypothetical.

In the 17th century, Étienne de Fieux acquired the estate in 1637 and modernized the communes in 1668, including the monumental press (levier of 8 meters) and the cider cellar. The original snout windows are then replaced by classic small tiles. The castle then passed into the hands of the Cromelin de Villette family, then of Charles Le Blond in the 18th century, before being bought in the 19th century by bourgeois owners: the banker Louis Alexandre, the merchant Louis Cavelan, and finally the Parisian notary Gustave Gatine in 1888, ancestor of the present owners.

The architecture mixes Renaissance elements (framework towers "to the Philibert Delorme", vaulted staircase in a cradle) and classic additions (lounge XVI lounges, kitchen with rock-turner attributed to Leonardo da Vinci). The chapel, restored in the 20th century, received an award from the Friends of V.M.F. In 1991–92, part of the estate is classified or listed in the Historical Monuments: the castle (outside the north wing), the chestnut, the chapel, and all the communes (granges, stables, press). Since 2006, the site has been open on an ad hoc basis (Heritage Days) and offers prestigious accommodation.

The castle remains a testimony of Norman architectural evolution, from Renaissance fascists to agricultural transformations of the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries. Its press of 1668, exceptional in its size, illustrates the economic importance of cidric production in the Vexin. In 2017, he hosted an international painting competition, highlighting his contemporary cultural anchor.

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