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 Château d'Audaux dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Château d'Audaux

    Le Bourg
    64190 Audaux
Château dAudaux
Château dAudaux
Crédit photo : Ioavves - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1650-1659
Construction of the castle
1660
Erection in marquisat
1667
Expansion of the chapel
1733
Transmission to the Groleum Moret
1792
Revolutionary receiver
1943
Acquisition by Apprentis d'Auteuil
1947
First registration for Historic Monuments
2015
Extension of protection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The castle of Audaux, with its access bridges, its central courtyard, the terraces that flank it, the facades and roofs of the ancient communes East with their courtyard and gate, the north-west mill and its hydraulic device comprising a canal, a basin bordered by a ruin and a spillway, the access aisle with the north garden, and the walls surrounding the estate, located on plots ZC 16, 23, 26 to 34 and 45: inscription by order of 11 May 2015

Key figures

Jean II de Gassion - President of the Parliament of Navarre and sponsor Acquita land in 1650 and built the castle.
Pierre de Gassion - Son of John II, heir of the estate Enlarged the chapel in 1667.
Antoine d'Abbadie d'Arrast - Explorer and owner in the 19th century Heir through his father, Michel-Arnauld of Abbadie.
Jules-Antoine Noutary - Paloese architect Directed the 1947 restoration.
Michel-Arnauld d'Abbadie d'Arrast - Father of Antoine, post-revolutionary purchaser Repurchased the estate after its receiver sale.

Origin and history

The castle of Audaux was built between 1650 and 1659 on the initiative of John II of Gassion, President of the Parliament of Navarre and from a family of soldiers. Born from the acquisition in 1650 of the land of Audaux, the secular abbeys of Castetbon and Bugnein, the estate was erected as a marquisat in 1660. John of Gassion, then his son Peter, enlarged the building, including the chapel in 1667. The castle passed by inheritance to the Moret family of Grolée in 1733, before being seized during the Revolution.

In the 19th century, the castle became the property of Michel-Arnauld d'Abbadie d'Arrast, father of explorer Antoine d'Abbadie, also owner of the castle of Abbadia. In 1792, the estate, placed under receivership, was sold to a Bayonnais before being bought by the Abbadies. In 1926, an American named Wilcox le modernisa (electricity) before it was acquired in 1943 by the foundation of the Apprentices of Auteuil, which restored it in 1947 under the direction of architect Jules-Antoine Notary. Since then, he has visited the Heritage Days.

Architecturally, the castle is distinguished by its central house body flanked by two "U" wings, surrounded by moat and accessible by four bridges. The imperial roof, the open windows and the Marshals' Hall (decorated floor ceiling) make it a major witness to the Bernaise architecture of the seventeenth century. The western wing, formerly dedicated to stables, is now in ruins. The estate, registered with the Historical Monuments in 1947 and in 2015, also includes communes, a mill and gardens.

The transmission of the castle reflects the historical upheavals: from the parliamentary nobility (Gassion) to the aristocracy of the Ancien Régime (More of Grolée), then to the bourgeois and exploratory families (of Abbadia). Its present vocation, linked to education and the protection of heritage, is part of a continuity of preservation since its classification. Successive restorations, such as that of 1947, have kept its original character while adapting to contemporary uses.

External links

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