September 2022

Saturday 17
- 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 18
- 09:00 - 17:00

Château de Montlebeau

Montlebeau, 23300 Vareilles

Creuse

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Visit of a 15th century mansion

Name: Visit of a 15th century mansion
Start: 2022-09-17T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Montlebeau

Discover the exterior of this building built during the Hundred Years War.

17 and 18 September 2022

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Free. Free entrance.

September 2022

Saturday 17
- 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 18
- 09:00 - 17:00

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Château de Montlebeau

Montlebeau, 23300 Vareilles

Creuse

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The fief of Montlebeau paid homage to the viscounty of neighbouring Bridiers. This feudal castle is mentioned for the first time in 1497, its first owner being a sieur de la Marche. It is also one of the few remaining noble mansions of the vassals of Bridiers; it is therefore an important element in the history of the North-West Creusois.
The house was built a little before, in the second half of the fifteenth century, a period of English threats coming from Guyenne, while the Hundred Years War turned to the advantage of the French. It was then a question of fortifying the French positions and thanking the local lords by offering them the lands taken from them to the enemy. The construction of such a structure also benefited medium-term employment and normally provided many generations of farmers linked to the estate. A document (confession) of 1526 allows us to know that the house had a courtyard, a chapel (ruined since the seventeenth century), an oven, various outbuildings, all surr

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