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  5. 53170 Ruillé-Froid-Fonds

  6. Château du Puy

 Château du Puy à Ruillé-Froid-Fonds en Mayenne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Mayenne

Château du Puy

    Le Puy
    53170 Ruillé-Froid-Fonds
Photo de Château du Puy
Crédit photo : Isa2886 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1617
First mention of the fief
1650
Construction of the castle
13 décembre 1697
Foundation of the Chapel
19 octobre 1798
Revolutionary search
13 juin 1799
Massacre at the castle
16 juillet 1984
Registration of the chapel
3 octobre 1988
Registration of the castle and park
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Chapel with her altarpiece (Box B 311): entry by order of 16 July 1984; Logis; the guardian's house; two entrance pavilions; facades and roofs of other buildings of the communes; large and small finish yard; charmille; small driveway; vegetable garden; lawns; channel; garden; small garden forming dike; pond; large driveway; Old alley (cf. B 258, 263 to 266, 309, 310, 318, 326, 334): entry by order of 3 October 1988

Key figures

François du Puy - Lord of Coldfont and founder Builder of the castle around 1650.
Yves-Antoine du Puy - Lord of Puy (17th century) Heir of François, married to Françoise Mallet.
Henri-Alexandre de Cumont - Lord of Buisson and Puy Husband of Renée-Marguerite du Puy, died in 1719.
Edouard (M. de la Moussaie ?) - Victim of the 1799 massacre Knight of Malta killed by the "false cabbages".
Arsène Avril de Pignerolles - Head cabbage Gathered a battalion at Puy in 1832.

Origin and history

The Château du Puy, located in Ruillé-Froid-Fonds in Mayenne, was built around 1650 by François du Puy, lord of Coldfont. This large rectangular house, with a triangular pediment, embodies 17th century seigneurial architecture. The chapel, founded in 1697 under the name of Saint-Louis, completes the whole, now partially protected since the 1980s.

The fief, mentioned in 1617 as Champ du Puy, evolves as a Puy castle in the course of notarial and parish acts. François du Puy, from a noble family, resides there after living in the Cour-de-Froidfont. His heritage passed on to his descendants, including Yves-Antoine du Puy and Henri-Alexandre de Cumont, who continued the seigneurial line until the 18th century.

During Chouannery, the castle is the scene of violent events. In 1799, a column of false cabbages killed Edward (perhaps M. de la Moussaie), his servant and others, before looting the place. The chapel, neglected at the end of the 19th century, and the house today bear witness to this turbulent history, between local nobility and revolutionary unrest.

The protected elements include the house, communes, gardens and pond, registered in 1984 and 1988. The site, still linked to the history of the city, preserves architectural and documentary traces, from notarial archives to parish registers, evoking its central role in the seigneurial and religious life of the region.

External links

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