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Château de la Lézière, also known as Château de la Lisière, is a French monument located in the communes of Maisoncelles-du-Maine and Villiers-Charlemagne, in the department of Mayenne. Built in the 19th century, it succeeds a former fiefdom under Forges. Father Angot describes him as a square castel, surrounded by four turrets and equipped with a gazebo, with broken arch openings, suggesting both defensive and residential architecture.

During the French Revolution, the castle was the scene of an episode linked to the Vendée wars. On 13 Sept. 1799 Bouvet, a caulan captain and son of a local farmer, conducted a requisition operation at the head of about 20 men. This event illustrates the continuing tensions in the region after the Revolution, where the royalists continued to oppose the Republican authorities.

Historically, the estate was a fief dependent on the seigneury of Forges. The department archives of La Mayenne, as well as the works of Abbé Angot and Ch. Maillard, mention its local importance, notably through seigneurial titles and communal chronicles. Today, it is one of the department's emblematic castles, bearing witness to both the architectural history and the political conflicts of Mayenne.

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