The castle of Thonne-les-Prés

Name: The castle of Thonne-les-Prés
Start: 2018-09-15T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Thonne-les-Prés

Visit free of outsides of the castle

15 and 16 September 2018Passed

Michel Laurent - la Lorraine gaumaise

From the top of its 16 arks, the impressive railroad viaduct of Thonne-les-Prés dating of 1860, stays up the village.
To its feet, the castle of the XIXth century built by a treasurer of Napoleon 1st, surrounded with a park in the ancient trees, offers a preserved architectural ensemble: a busy stable formerly by the national Stud farms, a nastiness, one orangery and a coolbox, tracks of the manorial castle of Laval of 1662.

About the location

Château de Thonne-les-Prés

rue de Benoist, 55600 Thonne-les-Prés

Meuse
Grand Est

A first castle of the seigniory of Laval, dating of 1662, will disappear in the age of Revolution. Some vestiges testify his(her,its) existence. A second castle, dating of 1667, will be rebuilt at the beginning of the XIXth century by Frederick le Crochart, treasurer of Napoleon 1st. His(Her,Its) architecture is inspired of Italian constructions. The building(ship) facing castle was a stable for the horses of hunting with hounds which was occupied by the National Stud farms during several years. The castle of Thonne-les-Prés is located in a park of 5ha where meet gasolines(essences) of trees of the rarest and of the most spectacular.