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Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:00Passed
Conditions
Free visit of the park 4,00 € per person/ Commented visit 6,00 € per person
September 2022
Sunday 18
14:00 - 18:00

Château de la Flocellière

30, rue du château, 85700 La Flocellière
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire

Heritage day at the Château de la Flocellière

Guided tour of the Château de la Flocellière
Sunday 18 September 2022, 14:00Passed
Conditions
Free visit of the park 4,00 € per person/ Commented visit 6,00 € per person
Laurent Rose

The castle’s origins date back to 1090. It was at the time an important fortress of which the high keep and the ruins of the enclosure are still witnesses. At the beginning of the 17th century, the castle was transformed into a magnificent and elegant stately residence. Overlooking the Vendée grove, it is located in the middle of a landscape of hills, woods, ponds, in a green and bucolic sweetness.
It is one of the few castles in France inhabited continuously for nearly 1,000 years.
Poets and great men have resided in this wonderful site whose origin of the name means 'Sky Flower'. We will tell you about the visit of Bertrand Dugusclin, the poems of Philipine, Chatelaine de la Flocellière in the 16th century, as well as the famous love story between the beautiful Elizabeth Hamilton and the Marquis Jacques de Maillé of the time of Louis XIII.

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About the location

Château de la Flocellière
30, rue du château, 85700 La Flocellière
  • Vendée
  • Pays de la Loire
Seigneury dating back to the 11th century beginning of the 13th century, increase of the castle by Philippe de La Flocellière or Geoffroy II, c. 1284 - 14th century. La Flocellière passes into the hands of the Surgères. Enlargement of the dungeon late 14th century. During the wars of religion, the castle was taken by the troops of the Duke of Mercoeur and reinforced defences. In 1616, Jacques de Maillé-Brézé obtained the erection of the land as a marquisate. During the Vendée Wars, the castle was captured and burned like the village by the infernal columns. In 1881-1882, the Baron Alquier had the castle restored and transformed by the architect Arsène Charrier. Important castral set with courtines, lices, dry ditches, platform with mistress-tower crowned by a machicolation. Modern castle between two towers of the old castle, connected by a neo-gothic gallery to the keep.
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir
Access
Entrance to the park at the top of the village of Flocellière