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 Cambray Castle à Germignonville dans l'Eure-et-Loir

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Demeure seigneuriale
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Cambray Castle

    Château de Cambray
    28140 Germignonville
Private property
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Château de Cambray
Château de Cambray
Crédit photo : Le Passant - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1655-1663
Initial construction
avant 1721
Pregnant and grid
XVIIIe siècle
Added second flag
1858-1862
Neo-Gothic Chapel
27 octobre 2004
Registration MH
1er janvier 2016
Municipal merger
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The facades and roofs of the main building (central body and wings); facades and roofs of buildings surrounding the courtyard, chapel; the courtyard of honour, the wall and its access gate; gardens and vegetable garden, including orange and central basin; the wall and gate separating the gardens from the park; the aisles of the park in the shape of a sundial, the island on the Conie including its pavilion, on plots 291 to 293, 437 (Case D 285, 286, 291 to 293, 437, 514, 515): inscription by order of 27 October 2004

Key figures

Lambert de Cambray - Lord and squire of the king Acquire the castle in 1575.
Charles Eugène Lambert - Master in the 19th century Designs the neo-Gothic chapel.
Caron - Architect Add turrets and change roof.
Clésinger - Sculptor Author of the Roman Bull* in cast iron.
Édouard Lefèvre - Local historian Document the seigneurial history of the castle.

Origin and history

Cambray Castle, located in Germignonville (Eure-et-Loir), has its origins between 1655 and 1663, with a first phase of construction. In the 18th century, a second pavilion was added to frame the central body, marking its architectural evolution. The entrance court, now bordered by stables and agricultural buildings, reflects the changes associated with the exploitation of the estate.

In the 19th century, the castle underwent important modifications: a neo-Gothic chapel was built between 1858 and 1862 by Charles Eugene Lambert, while architect Caron added two turrets connecting the wings to the central body. The roof is also redesigned. The park, designed as a solar dial centered on the castle, includes radiant alleys and an island on the Conie River, with a pavilion. A first enclosure, dating from before 1721, delimits a pleasant garden redesigned in the 19th century, adorned with a cast iron of the Roman Taurus of Clesinger.

The castle was listed as a Historic Monument in 2004, protecting its facades, roofs, chapel, courtyard of honour, gardens, and the park with its hydraulic network and alleyways. His history was linked to local noble families: in 1575 Lambert de Cambray, the king's shield, acquired the estate and adopted the name. The Lamberts, still associated with the castle in the 19th century, made it a symbol of the Beaucean aristocracy.

Germignonville, a former commune that became delegate of Éole-en-Beauce in 2016, houses this monument in a geographical context marked by ancient Roman roads and intermittent rivers, the Conies. The castle thus illustrates the adaptation of seigneurial estates to agricultural and residential uses, typical of the Beauce.

The site preserves traces of its tumultuous past, such as the Orgères Chauffeurs, a band of band of robbers in the region in the late eighteenth century. Their violence, documented in 1796 and 1798, contrasts with the architectural prestige of the castle, highlighting the social tensions of the revolutionary era.

External links

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