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 Château de Tillières-sur-Avre dans l'Eure

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Château de Tillières-sur-Avre

    Le Bourg
    27570 Tillières-sur-Avre
Château de Tillières-sur-Avre
Château de Tillières-sur-Avre
Château de Tillières-sur-Avre
Crédit photo : Zabou57 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1000
1100
1200
1300
…
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1013
Foundation by Richard II
1040
Destruction by Henry I
1057
Return to Guillaume le Bâtard
1203
Link to France
milieu XVIe siècle
Renaissance reconstruction
1835
Neo-Palladian Transformation
30 juin 1942
Ranking of the Great Parterre
18 mars 2014
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

All the defensive elements, courtlines, towers, ditches and fortifications bastioned with their terraces in total; all the remains of the castle with the soil of plots AB 12, 13, 19 to 23, 197, 198, 256 to 259 containing them; the Grand Logis in full: registration by decree of 18 March 2014

Key figures

Richard II de Normandie - Duke of Normandy Founded the castle around 1013.
Néel Ier de Saint-Sauveur - Lord and defender Resistant to Eudes II de Blois.
Henri Ier (roi des Francs) - King of France Destroy the castle in 1040.
Guillaume le Bâtard - Duke of Normandy Recover the castle in 1057.
Philippe-Auguste - King of France Tillières joined France in 1203.
Jean VIII Le Veneur - Lord and Baron Reconstruction family in the 16th century.
Philibert Delorme - Suspected architect Possible designer of Renaissance Castle.
Jean Goujon - Suspected Sculptor Associated with Renaissance works.

Origin and history

Tillières-sur-Avre Castle was founded around 1013, founded by Richard II of Normandy as a defensive fortress against Chartres County. Raised on a rocky spur overlooking the Avre valley, it is part of the southern defence line of the Duchy of Normandy. As soon as it was built, it was entrusted to Neel I of Saint-Sauveur and Raoul de Tosny, who victoriously resisted an offensive by Eudes II of Blois, Count of Chartres. The castle changed hands several times, notably after its partial destruction by Henry I, king of the Franks, in 1040, before being rebuilt and returned to Guillaume le Bâtard in 1057.

In the 12th century, the castle received several seats, notably by Guillaume de Chaumont (1119) and Louis VII (1152), but remained under Norman control until 1203, when Philippe-Auguste linked it to France. In 1169, Henry II Plantagenet strengthened the defences of the region, including Tillières in a network of forts along the Avre. The castle was then taken by the English in 1417, then damaged when they left in 1447, before being ravaged by a fire in 1492.

In the 16th century, the Le Veneur family undertook a major reconstruction in the Renaissance style, perhaps with the intervention of architects Philibert Delorme and Jean Goujon. This castle, largely destroyed after the Revolution, was replaced in the 19th century by a neo-Palladian residence. Today, it preserves medieval vestiges (the 12th century circular tower, ramparts) and Renaissance elements, while its large parterre, formerly place d'armes, has been classified since 1942 as a protected natural site. The ensemble has been listed as historical monuments since 2014.

The castle stands on a hillside with stunning views of the Avre Valley, near the village of Tillières-sur-Avre, in the south of the department of Eure. Its history reflects the conflicts between Normandy and the Kingdom of France, as well as the architectural transformations of the 11th to 19th centuries. The current remains testify to its strategic role and its evolution between medieval fortress and seigneurial residence.

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