Fountain-Henry is a common French, located in the department of the Calvados and the area Basse-Normandie.

Geography

Fontaine Henry is located in the plain of Caen between Caen and Courseulles-on-Sea. The Douet crosses the commune in the middle of a small valley below the calcareous plate. Except the bell-tower of the church, the village thus almost invisible is seen fields of corn around. Another local curiosity is the presence of caves dug in limestone with use of stone quarries which are used today as mushroom beds.

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

• the castle

The castle of Henry Fountain is a castle Renaissance, classified historic building since 1924. It has belonged to the same family for more than 10 centuries without ever to be sold. Nevertheless, several names are succédé< there! -- “succeeded”: the verb employed intransitively or into transitive direct, never agrees in kind nor of number -->, because it was on several occasions transmitted by women. The families of Tilly, Harcourt, of Morais, Boutier de Château of ESA, Montécler, Marguerie, Carbonnel, Cornulier and Oilliamson thus in turn had it by way of heritage.

There existed on this site a fortress at the beginning of the 11th century. The Famille of Tilly replaced it between 1200 and 1220 by a new castle. From this time remain in particular the vault and of the arched rooms which formerly formed the ground floor of the apartment building. These two elements give the measurement of the width and the importance of this castle to the Moyen-âge.

In 1374 Jeanne de Tilly married Philippe d' Harcourt and brought to him in dowry, inter alia, this seigniory. It is the family of Harcourt which undertaken after the Guerre One hundred Year old to rebuild the castle. Work was spread out over practically a century, between the end of the 15th century and the years 1560. One can thus admire on his western frontage the various styles employed, which reflect the evolution of architecture in Normandy and France. The first very simple Gothic is indeed quickly replaced by the blazing Gothic, then by the first French Rebirth. But the element most curious about the castle is on the left this frontage. One can indeed notice a superposition of columns, that an inscription precisely goes back to 1537, which seems to be remarkably early for such a realization. This building is surmounted by a roof of more than 15 meters in height, which is regarded as being most of France

This castle, works of Jean d' Harcourt, lord of Fountain-the-Henri, and of his son Pierre d' Harcourt, baron de Briouze, was altered with on his frontage is.

He is surrounded today by one landscaped garden, classified Historic building in 1959.

The castle, entirely furnished, and always inhabited, shelters a remarkable collection of tables made up during the Révolution. Paintings of Nicolas Mignard, Rubens, Corrège or Titien decorate the walls of the living rooms.

Personalities related to the commune

Events

See too

• Common of the Apple-brandy

External bonds

• http://www.chateau-de-fontaine-henry.com
• Fountain-Henry on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Fountain-Henry on the site of INSEE
• Fountain-Henry on the site of Quid
• Localization of Fountain-Henry on a chart of France and communes bordering
• Plane on Fountain-Henry on Mapquest

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