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The castle of Jucoville, located 1.5 km northwest of the church of La Cambe in Calvados, is a 16th and 17th century residence, partially listed as historical monuments since 1927. He succeeded a medieval castle belonging to the Le François family, several of which were buried in the seigneurial chapel of the parish church. The present chapel, dedicated to Saint Roch, was built in 1494 by Abbé Guillaume Le François in a late Gothic style, while the Baroque entrance pavilion, dating from 1640, was built under Jacques de Faoucq.

In the 15th century, the estate belonged to Robert Le François, then was passed on to his son Jehan after the eldest, Guillaume, had founded the chapel. In 1517 Charles Faoucq, squire and seigneur of Jucoville, was mentioned in a trial. The lands were erected as marquisat in 1736 for the Faoucq, before moving to the Cussy family in the 18th century by the marriage of Marie-Anne-Jacqueline de Faoucq with Louis de Cussy in 1706. The castle was rebuilt in 1808, but retains medieval elements such as the chapel and the forge.

The estate includes a fortified manor farm, Savigny, located 500 meters away, which provided its defence in the 16th century. The site also includes a dovecote of 1702 and commons dating back to the 15th, 17th and 19th centuries. Access is through an imperial roofed pavilion, surrounded by ditches, with a pedestrian door decorated with a bas-relief of Saint Joseph added to the nineteenth century. The protection of historic monuments has covered the entrance door, the dovecote and the chapel since 1927.

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