Blangy-le-Château draws inspiration from Guédelon to revive the vestiges of its castle

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Blangy-le-Château manor

In Blangy-le-Château, a Pays d'Auge village listed among the Most Beautiful Villages of France, the seigneurial site brings together two eras. In the heart of the village, a mound about five metres high, whose former moats still carry water, bears the last sections of wall of the fortified castle of the Crespin family, barons of Blangy, whose foundation local tradition places around the year 1000. Burned several times during the Hundred Years' War, notably in 1410, and finally ruined during the Wars of Religion, the castle was later used as a quarry to pave the roads. In 2023 the municipality began consolidating its remains. In the same village, the 17th-century manor, built around 1620-1640 for the du Breuil lords and later passed to the Le Viconte family, barons of Blangy until the Revolution, has been partly listed as a historic monument since 21 October 1970. It is privately owned and not open to visitors.