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16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
6 €/adult; child from 6 to 12 years: 4 €, riddle course included
September 2023
Saturday 16
11:00 - 12:00
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30
17:00 - 18:00
Sunday 17
11:00 - 12:00
14:30 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:30
17:00 - 18:00
3 to 99 years old

château des Arcis

les Arcis 53170 Meslay du Maine
  • Mayenne
  • Pays de la Loire

Dame Catherine, Bouquetière des Arcis, tells you the story of the Arcis since its reconstruction by Lord Charles de Cervon

Dame Catherine was a young ibex farmer at the Château des Arcis when Lord Charles de Cervon began its reconstruction and the creation of its gardens.
16 and 17 September 2023Passed
Conditions
6 €/adult; child from 6 to 12 years: 4 €, riddle course included
catherine cauchois

Dame Catherine was a young bouquetière at the Château des Arcis when Lord Charles de Cervon undertook its reconstruction and the creation of its gardens.
Beautiful ladies and damsels, beautiful lords and you, kind visitors, Lady Catherine will guide you throughout your visit and tell you how Charles de Cervon, then his son René fortified and restructured the castle, and adorned it with beautiful gardens ... You will cross the centuries and live with the successive owners the transformations of this site which has never lost its soul or its beauty.
Guided tour with the owner of the castle of Arcis (exterior), its outbuildings (including 2 rooms under frames), the pleasure garden; comments on the history of the castle and its restorations.
This story will be told as you visit, with comments on the restitution of the Renaissance garden and the various restorations carried out on the buildings since 2009 (photo panels before, during and after the works). Visit of the vast room under frame of the "great building of the servitudes" (about twenty steps to go up) of the barn with frame of type Philibert Delorme, of the lower room of the keep.
Duration of the visit: 1 hour, possibility to extend by the free visit of the gardens with walk around the pond and labyrinth island very popular with children.
website: chateaudesarcis.com
Facebook page: château des Arcis
the guided tour is at the usual rate of the self-guided tour

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About the location

château des Arcis
les Arcis 53170 Meslay du Maine
  • Mayenne
  • Pays de la Loire
The castle and its keep stand on a square platform, surrounded by moats masonry water. The castle is preceded by a forecourt surrounded by the commons, including a dovecote leaning against the large building of servitudes with hull framework of overturned boat. At the back hides a renaissance garden (rigging gardens, vegetable garden and fruit), and a large pond with labyrinth island.
Tags
Monument historique, Jardin remarquable, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Espace naturel, parc, jardin
Access
at the exit of Meslay du Maine, at the roundabout of the horse, take the direction of Sablé sur Sarthe (Departmental 21), then take the second very small road and follow it for 2.5 km
DR Mme Cauchois