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Origin and history

Bouzillon Castle is a historic building located 3 km south of Rambervillers, in the Vosges department (Great East region, formerly Lorraine). Accessible by a 500-metre road from departmental road 46, it is isolated by forest edge, near the so-called Padozel. The IGN maps designate it as Bouzillon Farm, perhaps reflecting a past or mixed agricultural vocation.

Built in 1675 by Gabriel-François de Paule-Antoine Collinet de La Salle, the castle replaces a 15th-century building whose entrance gate remains today, classified as cense-fief. The initial architecture, rectangular, has four levels (three visible on the façade plus a sub-roof). Later extensions in the 19th and 20th centuries gave it a L-shaped shape, partially changing its original appearance.

Interior preserves remarkable elements, such as the Grand Salon decorated with Louis XVI-style paintings. The walls present medallions illustrating tales for children and adults, while a fresco on the fireplace depicts the Collinet de La Salle family on the castle terrace. An adjacent room features rocky woodwork, testimonies of the interior arrangements of centuries past. Although unprotected as historical monuments, the site remains an example of architectural evolution between the Ancient Regime and the contemporary era.

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