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 Vaulserre Castle à Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre dans l'Isère

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Isère

Vaulserre Castle

    Château de Vaulserre
    38480 Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre
Château de Vaulserre
Château de Vaulserre
Château de Vaulserre
Château de Vaulserre
Crédit photo : Jean-Paul Corlin - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1567
Acquisition by Jacques de Corbeau
1751
Creation of the Marquisat
1830
Major renovations
1984
Historical Monument
1995
Turn of the "Hussard on the roof"
1999
Devastating storm
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle; the terrace with its retaining wall; the entrance gate with its gate; the water room with its statues (cad. A 171, 172, 173): classification by order of 6 December 1984; The facades and roofs of the communes and farm located to the south; the gate with its gate, close to the water room (cad. A 171, 172, 175, 176): entry by order of 6 December 1984 - The following parts of the Vaulserre estate: the chapel and the old kitchen in its entirety, the facades and roofs of all the buildings not affected by the 1984 decrees, namely the pavilion backed by the fence wall of the old vegetable garden, the barn, with its fence wall and dovecote, the south gate and the fence wall of the castle farm, the west gate, all the terraces and alleys, the facades and roofs of the two buildings of the farm of la Roche, the plots on which all of these buildings are implanted (cf. A 149, 150, 163, 169 to 176, 279): registration by order of 28 September 2007

Key figures

Jacques de Corbeau - Lord of Saint-Franc Buyer of land in 1567.
Antoine Corbel-Corbeau de Vaulserre - 1st Marquis de Vaulserre Notified by Louis XV in 1751.
Maurice de Corbel Corbeau de Vaulserre - 5th marquis Born in the castle in 1850.
Yolande de Vaulserre - Last direct heir Transmits the estate in 1945.
Jean-Félix d'Aubigny - Owner by covenant Spouse of Yolande, leave the castle.
Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Director Turns *The Hussard* in 1995.

Origin and history

The Château de Vaulserre, located in Saint-Albin-de-Vaulserre en Isère (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), finds its origins in the 17th century in the form of a strong house called "Clermont". Acquised in 1567 by Jacques de Corbeau for his son Humbert, the seigneury passed into the hands of the Raven family (now Corbel-Corbeau), which obtained the title of Marquis in 1751 by Louis XV. The castle, spared during the Revolution, was profoundly redesigned around 1830, with interior and exterior arrangements reflecting the romantic tastes of the 19th century.

During the Second World War, the estate was requisitioned and looted: furniture, parquet floors and panelling disappeared. Passed by inheritance to the family of Aubigny and then to the Courville, there remains a private property. Its architecture combines a classical central body (door Louis XV, triangular pediment) with 19th-century landscaped gardens, with water, statues and rare essences. The estate, protected by two decrees (1984 and 2007), also includes farms, a chapel and communes.

The castle was used as a setting for Jean-Paul Rappeneau's film Le Hussard sur le Roof (1995). Its history reflects the social and architectural transformations of the Dauphinese nobility, from the wars of Religion to the contemporary era. The Marquis de Vaulserre, officers or parliamentarians, marked its evolution, while the gardens illustrate the transitions between French, romantic and botanical styles.

The protected elements include facades, roofs, the terrace with its retaining wall, the entrance gate and its gates, as well as the room of water decorated with statues (Apollon and the Three Graces). The storm of 1999 damaged some of the park's rare species, already weakened by the 20th century requisitions. Today, the castle remains a testimony of the art of aristocratic living in Dauphiné.

The lineage of the Marquis died in 1976 with François, last titular. The transmission of the domain by women (Yolande de Vaulserre, Andrée de Parscau du Plessix) explains its passage between different noble families. The archives also mention its agricultural role, with farms and a closed vegetable garden, reflecting the seigneurial and then bourgeois economy of the region.

External links

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