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 Castle of Coat-an-noz à Belle-Isle-en-Terre en Côtes-d'Armor

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Demeure seigneuriale
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Castle of Coat-an-noz

    Château de Coat-an-noz  
    22810 Belle-Isle-en-Terre
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Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1858
Construction begins
1923
Sale of the domain
1929
Purchased by Sir Robert Mond
2011
Catering by individuals
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Cécile de Kergorlay - Sponsor Have the castle built for his daughter.
Françoise de Sesmaisons - First owner Daughter of Cecile, wife of Prince Charles.
Charles de Faucigny-Lucinge - Prince and Mayor Spouse of Françoise, Mayor of Loc-Envel.
Bertrand de Faucigny-Lucinge - Last family owner Sell the estate in 1923.
Sir Robert Mond - Industrial and acquirer Purchased in 1929 for Lady Mond.
Lady Mond (Marie-Louise Le Manac'h) - Owner and patron Originally from Belle-Isle, sponsor of the reply.

Origin and history

The castle of Coat-an-Noz was built in 1858 by Cécile de Kergorlay for his daughter Françoise de Sesmaisons, wife of Prince Charles de Faucigny-Lucinge. Located in the eponymous forest near Loc-Envel, it became the property of this princely family, two of which were mayors of Loc-Envel around 1900. The estate then included the forests of Coat an Noz and Coat an Hay, before being sold in 1923 by Bertrand de Faucigny-Lucinge, car driver.

In 1929, the castle was acquired by Sir Robert Mond, a nickel industrialist, for his wife Lady Mond, from Belle-Isle-en-Terre. After his death in 1949, the castle, separated from its forests, changed hands several times without being completely restored. It was only in 2011 that he was bought by private individuals undertaking his complete restoration.

Architecturally, the castle is distinguished by its rectangular house flanked by four corner turrets, built of granite and shale, covered with slate roofs. A replica, Lady Mond Castle, was built in 1923 on the same town to house today an aquarium and a river initiation center. The site also inspired fictional works such as the comic strip La Brouette des Morts and the novel Le Tableau de Mai.

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