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  6. Château de Voré

 Château de Voré à Rémalard dans l'Orne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de plaisance
Orne

Château de Voré

    624 Le Parc de Vore
    61110 Rémalard en Perche
Château de Voré
Château de Voré
Château de Voré
Château de Voré
Crédit photo : Pucesurvitaminee - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1719
Acquisition by Louis Fagon
1720-1723
Clothes of Jean-Baptiste Oudry
1749
Purchase by Helvetius
1895
Installation of canvases
début des années 2000
Acquisition by the Louvre
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Inside the castle (Box B 58): inscription by order of 29 April 1931; Façades, roofs, entrance gate, court of honor with the jumps-de-loups surrounding it (Box B 58): classification by decree of 8 August 1973; Façades and roofs of the pavilion of Mrs Helvetius and those of the communes (excluding the two modern buildings) (Box B 58): inscription by order of 8 August 1973

Key figures

Louis Fagon - Financial Officer Owner and beautifier of the castle.
Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Painter Author of the canvases of the living room.
Claude-Adrien Helvétius - Philosopher and general farmer Owner of the estate in 1749.
Geneviève Adélaïde d'Andlau - Helvetius heiress Reinstalled the canvases in 1895.

Origin and history

The castle of Voré is an 18th century house built on a classical plan, surrounded by a park. Acquired in 1719 by Louis Fagon, intendant of finance, he was embellished with paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1720-1723) and redesigned gardens. Fagon states that the castle, made of stone, follows the plans of Hardouin-Mansart.

In 1749, the estate passed to the philosopher Claude-Adrien Helvetius, then to his daughter Geneviève Adélaïde, married to the Earl of Andlau. The paintings of Oudry, removed and resettled in 1895, were acquired by the Louvre in the early 2000s. The castle retains a wrought iron gate with Helvetius-d-Andlau initials and commons organized around a courtyard.

Ranked a historic monument, the castle includes an interior inscribed in 1931, facades and a court of honour classified in 1973, as well as a pavilion and partially registered communes. Private property, it is not open to the public. Its architecture and history reflect the influence of the financial and intellectual elites of the Enlightenment.

External links

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