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  6. Rabodanges Castle

 Rabodanges Castle à Rabodanges dans l'Orne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de plaisance
Orne

Rabodanges Castle

    Château de Rabodanges
    61210 Putanges-le-Lac
Photo de Rabodanges Castle
Crédit photo : Ikmo-ned - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1628
Destruction of the feudal castle
1630-1638
Start of current construction
1646
Completion of the castle
juillet 1649
Marquis title for Louis III
1er février 1944
First MH protection
10 avril 1981
Partial classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Castle, except classified parts; moat; interior of the house of the chaplain: inscription by order of 1 February 1944; Two pinions on the facades of the central part; chapel pavilion; façades and roofs of the chaplain's pavilion (Box B 68): classification by decree of 10 April 1981

Key figures

Louis III de Rabodanges - Lord and First Marquis of Rabodanges Suspected commander of the castle (1630-1646).
Cardinal de Richelieu - Minister of Louis XIII Ordained the destruction of the feudal castle (1628).
Jean Baptiste de Beaune - Banker of Paris Former owner, seller in 1836.
Victor Édouard Marie de Buus d'Hollebeke - Acquirer in 1836 Owner of the castle in the 19th century.
Chrétien - Norman Ferronier Suspected author of the castle gates.

Origin and history

Rabodanges Castle is a 17th-century residence built on the town of Rabodanges, in the department of Orne, Normandy. Built on a promontory overlooking the Orne valley, it replaces an ancient 12th century feudal castle, whose only walls and walls remain. Its classical architecture, marked by a central house body flanked by two pavilions and surmounted by an Italianising pediment, incorporates talking weapons (two angels holding a plank) in reference to its alleged sponsor, Louis III de Rabolanges.

The construction began under Louis XIII, between 1630 and 1638, and was completed in 1646 under Louis XIV. The castle was probably built by Louis III of Rabodanges, the first marquis of the place (title obtained in 1649), on the ruins of a fortress destroyed in 1628 by order of Richelieu. Inside, a stone staircase with wrought iron ramp and woodwork reworked between the two wars testify to its evolution. The outbuildings include a chapel with partially preserved painted decorations and a pavilion for the chaplain.

Protected as historical monuments, the castle was listed in 1944 (for its moat and the habitation of the chaplain) and then classified in 1981 (frontons, chapel and facades of the pavilion). Sold in 1836 by Jean Baptiste de Beaune to Victor de Buus d'Hollebeke, it belonged in 1998 to Philippe Lemoine-Boucaud. The entrance gates are attributed to the Norman ironmaker Christian, a major figure in the local craft industry in the 17th century.

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