Château de Bonnétable

Bonnétable

The château bears the emblem of Mélusine, the protective fairy whose legend still hovers over its neo-Gothic turrets.

On the site of a medieval fortress of the Rotrou family, recorded from 1170 under the name of Malétable, the château was rebuilt from 1476 with the authorisation of Louis XI, before becoming "Bonnétable" at the end of the 13th century. Occupied by the English between 1420 and 1422 during the Hundred Years' War, it received a visit from Louis XIII in 1621. Passing to the d'Albert de Luynes family in the 18th century, it underwent a major neo-Gothic renovation in the 1880s, carried out by the architect Henri Parent for Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld.

Getting there : Protected as historic monuments (main building, outbuildings, park, kitchen garden, Bollée wind engine and enclosure wall) since the 1990s

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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