Plessis-Brion
Plessis-Brion is a common French, located in the department of the Oise and the area Picardy.
Geography
The commune is located in the North-East of the department, in close domanial skirt of forest to Laigue (1500 ha). It is on left bank of the Oise river, which owes its name with Latin “Isara”, and is crossed by the secondary road n°66 which, as of the time mérovingienne, was the principal transportation route between Noyon and Compiegne. The importance of this way was minimized under the reign of Louis XIV by the construction of a new road located on the opposite side of the valley, the current trunk road n°32.
History
The village owes its current name with the word “plessis” which were a defensive enclosure made up of piles planted out of ground and hedges of interlaced branches, and with that of “brya”, which qualified a small surface of ground cleared covered with heathers and foams (brion).
Administration
Demography
Places and monuments
the Castle
Of all the castles built in the department of Oise, the castle of Plessis-Brion is only dating from the Rebirth, more precisely of the time known as of the first Rebirth, lasting the first quarter of the 16th century. This time marks the transition between the Gothic style from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance style. It counts among most beautiful of the Ile-de-France built at that time.
About the year 1500, Jean de Poumereux, Marquis of Plessis-Brion and Artillery Large-Master of King François 1st (1494-1547) built it on the foundations of the Mound-Brion, a fortress which existed at this place at the time mérovingienne, first dynasty of kings de France going back to the 5th century. For this reason one finds the principal architectonic characteristic of it: two grosses cylindrical towers of angle framing a main building at rectangular base. This last is directed in the west and gives on a meander of the river which was diverted can be to feed the water ditches.
The architecture of the cellars dating from the 13th century is not without recalling the Room of the Knights built to the Mount Saint-Michel.
The whole of the building is surrounded by ditches. External surfaces are made up of bricks appearing of the checkerworks in rhombuses, the high windows are framed white stone contrasting with the red of brick, the turns of angle are with roof in cone and truncated cone covered with slates, as for the main building it is with covered sloping roof in the same way. The Western part of the building is girded, with the height of the first stage, of a stone cornice of size called “royal cord” and which meant that the owner of the castle had a sufficient degree of nobility to receive the King of France there. The high part of the turns is furnished with decorative machicolations, heritage of the moyenâgeuse time.
The main door in handle of basket, frames projecting carved pilasters, it is surmounted by a stringcourse decorated with a heaume with plume and shell of Saint-Jacob de Compostelle. The step, spiral staircase on the left, is built in hors-d'oeuvre in a turret with polygonal section.
On the northern pinion existed formerly an window-attic window of which the lower part, who only still remains, is Gothic. On the southern pinion, on the contrary, which remains same window is in the purest Renaissance style. One distinguishes there a medallion decorated with a head from woman.
In the south, the principal access to the castle is done at the end of a beautiful avenue by a monumental stone gate dating from the 16th century. A forecourt precedes the main courtyard. The entry of honor, as for it, date of the time Louis XV, it is a wrought iron grid located at the crossroads of the secondary roads D15 and D66. The gardens are “with English”, they were reorganized at the end of the 19th century.
Plessis-Brion belonged to the 9th century with the Count de Noyon then was, in the middle of the next century, in the possession of Bernard II, Count de Senlis.
In 1186 the grounds of Plessis and the fortress belong to the Royal Field of Philippe Auguste (1165-1223) who it inféoda with the Lord of Thourotte the close locality.
The first lord of Plessis-Brion has as a name Simon, it appears in 1202. Follow Raoul of Plessis-Brion in 1225, GUI 1st of Plessis-Brion in 1233, GUI II in 1290 and GUI III in 1361.
The castle and the contiguous grounds passed then by marriage to the family of Fay until 1480. They became the property of Lord Jean de Poumereux. This House preserved it until 1524, time when a marriage made it pass to the House of Béthune-Charost.
Philippe de Béthune, who was the younger brother of Maximilien de Béthune (1559-1641), duke of Sully, par of France and Minister for the King Henry IV (1553-1610), had it in his possession of 1598 to 1640. He passed then to the House Collar then was sold in 1762 to Nicolas de Bréda. Its descendants preserved it until the extinction of the line in 1924. The current owner is Colonel Count de Lageneste.
During the centuries, the castle underwent many refittings and of restorations. Damaged between 1914 and 1918, it was restored in 1920 pennies the direction of Abel Mahieu. Registered to some extent with the Inventory of the Historic buildings dated June 26th, 1946, it is, since the publication of the decree of April 19th, 1991, classified with whole share Historic building (N° of note: Pa 00114811).
The castle is a private field of which there exists a counterpart in the State of New York in the United States. He is inhabited but nevertheless opened with many visitors; the rooms of the ground floor are accessible to the public, one of them is dedicated to the hunting still practiced in the national forests of Laigue and Compiegne. Another room is decorated of a small wax museum recreating the framework of life of the manufacturer of the castle.
The visits take place in summer between on July 21st and on August 31st, the every day of 9:30 to 11:30 and 14:30 to 17:30. Exceptional opening at the time of the European Days of the Inheritance the third weekend of September.
Sources: www.free.fr : www.jedecouvrelafrance.com : www.quid.fr : www.patrimoine-de-france.org : www.cc-2v.fr : Municipal bulletin of Plessis-Brion (n°2 of 1974) : Service Tourism CC2V (the Community of Communes of the 2 Valleys)
See too
- Common of Oise
External bonds
- Plessis-Brion on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Plessis-Brion on the site of INSEE
- Plessis-Brion on the site of Quid
- Localization of Plessis-Brion on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Plessis-Brion on Mapquest