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Origin and history

The Drugeoterie castle, located in Entrammes in the department of Mayenne, was built in the early eighteenth century by François Labouré. The estate was then embellished by Louis-Julien Morin de la Beauluère, who added a park, greenhouses and water, and gathered a library rich in manuscripts and rare works, including local history. This castle played a strategic role in the Battle of Entrammes on 27 October 1793, where its occupation by the vendean artillery influenced the outcome of the battle.

The site is also linked to several historical owners and transactions, such as François Mauclerc and Charlotte Couanier in 1680, or René Meignan in 1714, who gave way a mill and a fence to free himself from an annuity. Other names, such as René and André Bécher (1724), Henri Brou (1734), and Jean Logeais (1737), are associated with acquisitions or notarial acts concerning the domain. Two Roman granite wheels, discovered in the bed of the Jouanne facing the castle, testify to an ancient occupation of the place.

The Drugeotrie thus illustrates both the 18th century residential architecture in Mayenne and the upheavals of the revolutionary period, while preserving material traces of a more distant past, such as these Roman artifacts. Its park and amenities reflect the tastes of the local elites of the time, mixing agricultural utility, landscape aesthetics and cultural prestige.

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