Raismes Castle

En un regard

Le château en bref

Raismes Castle, in the Nord department, is linked to a lordship whose hereditary office of Grand Huntsman was established in 1076. A tower was erected around 1160 as a defence against Flemish raids; the castle was besieged in 1656, passed to the Cernay family in 1673, and was demolished at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Sold and dismantled in 1795, it was replaced in 1829 by a new château built by the Arenberg family: a simple two-storey building in brick and stone, whose triangular pediment simulates a central pavilion. Owned by the commune, it is accompanied in the park by a monumental portico brought from the former castle. An eighteenth-century architectural feature known as the "Rendez-vous de chasse" and a marble statue of Hope have been listed as monuments historiques since 1946.