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  2. Patrimoine
  3. Normandie
  4. Calvados
  5. 14740 Rosel

  6. Gruchy Manor

Gruchy Manor à Rosel dans le Calvados

Calvados

Gruchy Manor

    4 Rue Sainte-Anne
    14740 Rosel
Photo de Gruchy Manor
Crédit photo : Henri Heuzé (1851–1927) Descriptionarchéologue et - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIe siècle
Construction of the mansion
18 mars 1927
Historical monument classification
1944
Destruction during the Battle of Normandy
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Manoir de Gruchy : inscription by order of 18 March 1927

Key figures

Henri Heuzé (1851–1927) - Archaeologist and photographer Documented the mansion before destruction

Origin and history

Gruchy Manor House was an iconic Renaissance building built in the 16th century in the commune of Rosel, Calvados department. This monument, representative of the architecture of its time, bore witness to the local heritage before its tragic destruction.

Ranked a historic monument by arrest on 18 March 1927, the Gruchy mansion was severely damaged during the Battle of Normandy fighting in 1944. Rosel, located on the front line, saw the total destruction of the mansion and most of the houses in the hamlet, leaving only two buildings intact.

Historical sources, including Flohic (2001) and the Merimée Base, confirm its heritage importance. Today, only documentary and photographic traces remain, such as those of archaeologist Henri Heuzé (1851–1927), illustrating his past existence.

External links

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