Castle of O
the Castle of O is located in the commune of Mortrée, in French Department of the Flowering ash, in Basse-Normandie.
History
Built on the site of an old fortress of the 11th century, the Château of O was built in 1484, by Jean of O. It will be then embellished by Charles-Robert of O then François of O with. In 1647, the castle is bought by the family of the Montagu before becoming in 1795, property of the family Roques. In 1878, the field is sold and dismembered, and 1973 will have to be awaited so that Jacques and Yolande De Lacretelle begin his restoration.
Structure
The castle is built on Pilotis, on a island in the center of a pond. The enclosure, of the flanked rectangular shape of two turns, contains a court with a gallery on the floor, the arcades have sulptées columns. The castle is also composed of a house Renaissance, a Orangerie, and a Chapelle of the 19th century.
The wooded gardens preserve their dovecote and their building of farm.
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