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Le château en bref
Ravenel Castle is located in the village of Ravenel, in the Oise department. In the 16th century the lordship belonged to the families de Ravenel and then de Guillebon; in 1750 it was acquired by M. Bouchart, who resold it to the Prondre de Guermantes. The present castle, dating from the 18th century, is attributed to the Marquis Paulin Prondre, although the current operator of the site dates it to 1761. In the 19th century the estate passed to the Ratisbonne family: Edmond Ratisbonne, future mayor of Ravenel, married Marie Amédée de Chazelles in 1855, and a series of photographs from around 1880 documents the castle, the park and the family. The residence consists of a main body and a wing, on three levels, with a wooded park, a courtyard, a boundary wall, a gateway, cellars and outbuildings; antique panelling, fireplaces and period parquet flooring survive in the renovated spaces. Work was carried out in 2021 on the roof, the façade and the boundary wall. Divided into apartments, the castle is now rented out for group stays, weddings and seminars. It is not protected as a historic monument.