Clermont Castle (Le Cellier)

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Clermont Castle
South-east facade
Drawing of the castle from the 17th or 18th century

The Château de Clermont is a built 1643-1649 castle in the town of Le Cellier in the French department of Loire-Atlantique . The castle was owned by the de Maupassant family and later the actor Louis de Funès . De Funès was married to Jeanne-Augustine Barthélémy de Maupassant, a great-niece of Guy de Maupassant , since 1943 . Clermont Castle has been registered as a Monument historique in the French list of monuments since November 19, 1941 .

architecture

The castle essentially looks the same as it did when it was built. On its south side you have a view of the Loire and the Mauges and Pays de Retz landscapes . The castle is surrounded by a three hectares large park and a 17-hectare vineyard surrounded. Louis de Funès planted a rose garden, which is no longer preserved today.

Clermont Castle exhibits three essential characteristics of the architectural style of the time of Louis XIII. on:

  • Soft-looking shapes thanks to the use of pink bricks and masonry
  • the main building has several separate slate roofs
  • the middle part of the building dominates the construction and includes the main staircase

history

The de Funès family had inherited part of the castle from an aunt, a Countess of Maupassant, and bought it in full in 1967. It was built by the Chenu de Clermont family, a family of senior military officials. René Chenu (1599–1672) was governor of the cities of Oudon and Champtoceaux for a long time . His son Hardy Chenu (1621–1683) was responsible for the fortifications , cities, castles and fortified cities of Brittany .

The Chenus were vassals of the House of Condé , which owned many properties in western France. René Chenu was a contemporary and loyal ally of Henri II de Bourbon, prince de Condé . The castle was built shortly after the Battle of Rocroi , in which Henri's son Louis secured the throne of Louis XIV and thus earned a sizeable reward.

Well-known residents of the castle included Émile Souvestre , Marie Dorval , William Turner , Jules Sandeau and Louis de Funès .

literature

  • Claude Frégnac (Ed.): Merveilles des châteaux de Bretagne et de Vendée . Hachette, Paris 1970.
  • Jean de La Robrie: Le château de Clermont . In: Bulletin de la Société archéologique et historique de Nantes et de Loire-Atlantique . Volume 107, 1968, pp. 52-78, ISSN  0153-4637 .
  • Jean de La Robrie: Le château de Clermont . In: Vieilles maisons françaises . No. 49, July 1971, ISSN  0049-6316 .

Web links

Commons : Clermont Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clermont Castle in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on May 22, 2011.

Coordinates: 47 ° 19 ′ 31 ″  N , 1 ° 20 ′ 2 ″  W.