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Origin and history

Moré Castle is located in Morcenx, in the Landes department. This monument, the former seat of a cellar (farm dependent on a seigneury) of the Barony of Brassenx, has the features of a sober country architecture: a facade punctuated with a sill window and a corner tower with a flat roof. These stylistic elements suggest significant construction or renovation in the 17th or 18th centuries, when the estate was linked to influential local figures.

In 1653, the castle belonged to Jean Duvignac, royal judge and lawyer in the Parliament of Bordeaux, who then bore the title of seigneur of Mauré. A century later, in 1765, the estate passed into the hands of Jean Luxcey, a royal notary. The latter played a notable political role in drafting Morcenx's complaint book in 1789, a key document of the General States on the eve of the French Revolution. These changes of property illustrate the anchoring of the castle in the local social and legal dynamics, between nobility of robe and rising bourgeoisie.

The lack of precise data on the foundation of the castle or on possible major transformations limits the reconstruction of its architectural history. However, its status as a caveyard and its transmission between royal officers underline its economic and symbolic importance in the region. The monument is thus part of the landscape of the small Dutch seigneuries, often linked to farming and provincial networks of influence.

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