Night guided discovery of a castle that has crossed history

Name: Night guided discovery of a castle that has crossed history
Start: 2022-09-17T20:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Château d'Aulnois

On the occasion of this heritage weekend, the Office de Tourisme du Pays du Saulnois offers a guided tour of the castle at night.

Saturday 17 September 2022, 20:30Passed

Conditions

Free. Rendezvous in front of the castle.

©Office de Tourisme du Pays du Saulnois

At night, discover the long history of a building built in the Middle Ages, enlarged and modified over the centuries by its various owner families.
Discover several architectural styles, reflecting the thoughts and concerns of past centuries.

About the location

Château d'Aulnois

57 rue du Château, 57590 Aulnois-sur-Seille

Moselle
Grand Est

The castle of Aulnois-sur-Seille has crossed history. A simple fortified house in the fourteenth century, it was enlarged during the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, but it took its present face during the eighteenth century. Charles des Armoises asks Germain Boffrand to undertake the construction of a new castle grafted on the old parts, it is from there that dates the magnificent facade that overlooks the Seille.
Subsequently, the castle suffered extensive damage during the First World War but was gradually rebuilt from 1920 and classified as a Historic Monument in 1926\. In 1934, the Marist brothers bought the castle and set up a school and boarding school. During the Second World War it was occupied by the Hitler Youth and suffered further damage during the fighting of the Liberation.
From 1946 to 1979, various construction campaigns partially restored the castle which was then left to be abandoned. In 1993, the SIVOM between Seille and Nied acquired the castle to rehabilitate