List of castles in Normandy
Appearance
This list of castles in Normandy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the regions of Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy in northern France.
Links in italics are links to articles in the French Wikipedia.
Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château d'Olivet.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Château de Beaumont-le-Richard | 12th century | Ruins | Farm | ||
Château de Caen | 11-15th century | Restored | Built c.1060 by William the Conqueror, keep pulled down 1793, damaged by bombs during World War II. | ||
Château de Colombières | 14-15th century | Restored | Private (open to the public) | ||
Château de Courcy | 12-13th century | Ruins | Demolished early 16th century by order of Cardinal Richelieu. | ||
Château de Creully | 14-16th century | Rebuilt | Commune | ||
Château de Falaise | 12-13th century | Restored | Construction begun on site of earlier castle in 1123 by Henry I of England, damaged during World War II.[1] | ||
Château de la Pommeraye | 16th century | Restored | Private (open to the public) | Currently a hotel, reception, and wedding venue.[2] | |
Château de Vire | 12th century | Ruins |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tour des Archives de Vernon | 1123 | Ruins | Keep survives. | ||
Château Gaillard | 1196-8 | Ruins | Built in 2 years by Richard the Lionheart, early concentric castle of advanced design. | ||
Château-sur-Epte | 11th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Conches-en-Ouche | 11th century | Ruins | Begun 1034. | ||
Château de Gisors | 12-13th century | Ruins | |||
Château d'Harcourt | 12-14th century | Partly habitable | Converted to residence 17th century. | ||
Château d'Ivry-la-Bataille | 10-13th century | Ruins | Dates from c.960. | ||
Château des Tourelles | c.1196 | Substantially intact | Hardly changed for 800 years. | ||
Château du Grand-Serquigny | 17th century | Ruins | Destroyed by fire on 31 December 2023.[3] |
Castles of which little or nothing remains include Château Ganne.
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Château de Bricquebec | Ruins | ||||
Château de Gavray | Ruins | ||||
Château de Gratot | 14-18th century | Ruins | Ruins incorporated with later buildings. | ||
Château de Pirou | 12-14th century | Restored | Converted into farm, 18th century. | ||
Château de Regnéville | 14th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte | 11-12th century | Ruins |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
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Château de Carrouges | 14-18th century | Rebuilt | Remodelled 16-18th centuries. | ||
Donjon de Chambois | 12th century | Intact | Well-preserved Norman keep. | ||
Château de Domfront | 11th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Ducs d'Alençon | 12-15th century | Intact | Gatehouse survives. |
Name |
Date |
Condition |
Image | Ownership / Access |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Château d'Arques-la-Bataille | 12-16th century | Ruins | |||
Château de Dieppe | 12-15th century | Restored | Town of Dieppe | Largely reconstructed 1433, used as barracks until 1923. | |
Château de Fécamp | 11-12th century | Ruins | |||
Château d'Orcher | 13-14th century | Fragment | Keep survives, with later buildings. | ||
Château de Robert-le-Diable | 11-12th century | Partly habitable | |||
Château de Rouen | 1204-1210 | Restored | Keep survives, known as Tour Jeanne d'Arc, roof added 19th century. | ||
Château de Tancarville | 12th century | Habitable | |||
Manoir du Clap | 16th-19th century | restored | Prévost Family | Now used as a guesthouse[4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Base Mérimée: Château de Falaise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Château de la Pommeraye".
- ^ "[VIDEO] Incendie au Grand-château de Serquigny : ce que l'on sait sur l'impressionnant accident qui a ravagé la bâtisse classée du 17e siècle". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ^ "Accueil". www.manoirduclap.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.