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Le château en bref
The Manoir de Cléronde, in the Bessin at Blay (Calvados), was built from 1639 in the Louis XIII style by Renée de Fromont; the Fromont family, several of whose members were lawyers at the Parlement of Rouen, had owned these lands since the mid-15th century. In 1792, Philippe de Fromont sold the estate before emigrating. Baron Maurice Gérard, a patron of the arts and great-nephew of the painter François Gérard, became its owner in the 19th century and had the building restored at the end of that century. Registered as a historic monument since 1929, the manor now offers bed-and-breakfast accommodation.