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Castle of Bogard à Quessoy en Côtes-d'Armor

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château de style Classique
Côtes-dArmor

Castle of Bogard

    Saint-Blaise
    22120 Quessoy
Château de Bogard
Château de Bogard
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Château de Bogard
Château de Bogard
Château de Bogard
Crédit photo : Crepi22 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1656
Construction of communes
fin XVIe siècle
Construction of the southern pavilion
XVIIIe siècle
Main building
début XIXe siècle
Creation of the romantic garden
2 mars 1990
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Fronts and roofs of the house and communes 17s and 18s; large and small salons (cad. D 733, 735): registration by order of 2 March 1990

Key figures

Famille de Bogard - Original owner (XIIIth-17th century) Family cradle since the Middle Ages
Famille Le Metayer - Acquisition in the 17th century First transmission after Bogards
Famille de la Noue - Owner (17th–XVth century) Line of members to Parliament
Famille du Plessis de Grenédan - Owner by covenant Four mayors from Quessoy

Origin and history

The castle of Bogard, located on the commune of Quessoy in the Côtes-d-Armor, is a composite building whose oldest parts date back to the late 16th century. It is characterized by a southern pavilion, vestige of that time, as well as communes dating from 1656 and an 18th century building body. In the east, the traces of a romantic garden built at the beginning of the 19th century remain, adding a landscape dimension to the architectural ensemble.

Cradle of the Bogard family, whose origins date back to the 13th century, the castle changed hands in the 17th century, passing to the families Le Metayer then from the Noue. The latter, marked by a line of councillors in the Parliament of Brittany, then transmitted the estate by alliance to the Grenedan Plessis, four of which became mayors of Quessoy. These successions reflect the local anchoring of the Breton aristocracy and its role in the regional administration.

Protected as historical monuments since 1990, the castle of Bogard sees its facades, roofs, as well as its large and small salons inscribed by ministerial decree. This heritage recognition underscores the architectural and historical value of a site that has traversed more than four centuries, while embodying the stylistic and social evolutions of Britain's Ancient Regime in the modern era.

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