Château de Montaure

En un regard

Le château en bref

In Montaure, a delegated commune of Terres de Bord in the Eure department, the château is a private residence whose Mérimée record places its main building campaign in the 17th century; other local accounts instead suggest a rebuilding in the early 18th century, a discrepancy that archival research has yet to resolve. The estate is best known for its farm outbuildings: the cider-press building, with its apple-crushing wheel, has been listed as a historic monument (inscrit) since the order of 14 December 1990, the press itself being excluded from protection. The press house now holds a cider museum, a reminder of the cider economy of the Norman plateau between the Seine and the Eure. The main house remains private property; the public experiences the site through the museum and the outbuildings.