European Heritage Days

Name: Journées Européennes du Patrimoine
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chateau de l'Escurays

Visit of the castle and exhibitions of sand paintings...

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

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Visit of the castle and exhibitions of sand paintings Exhibition on the Middle Ages Restorer of ancient armchairs Plastic Textile Pottery workshop for children Sand and earth painting workshop, for children Expo "biodiversity, everything is alive" Association stand Equestrian shows Creceltic show concert (on Saturday evening) Music and dance with the circle "La Scottish Lorouzaine" (on Sunday) Theatre with teenagers

À propos du lieu

Chateau de l'Escurays

Domaine de l'Escurays, rue de la Châtaigneraie, 44260 Prinquiau

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

A circular plot south of the current castle corresponds to the site of the medieval motte and its bayle. Admission of 1443 "noble place, house and seigneury with courts and exits, garden in front...a pond and its pavement, futaye wood etc" by the Cellier (one of which is chancellor of Brittany then seneschal of Rennes and Pdt of the Chamber of Accounts of Brittany); then the Lande; 1589: alliance René de la Lande and Françoise de Mareil to whom one owes the essentials of the original characters of the Escuray (the tuffeau dormers in particular). 1644-5: seizure and sale: La Bourdonnaye, Espivent... 1793: battle of Savenay, mutilation of the coat of arms. 1911-12: "great modifications while leaving to the ancient remains its style and its memories". Manor house with wing in return articulated around a tower of hexagonal staircase in screw; end XVI: extension of the main wing of several spans including a central span of right staircase, creation of dormers with carved decorations still l