Former Château de Blérancourt (Hôtel de Fourcroy)

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Le château en bref

The former château of Blérancourt, also known as the Hôtel de Fourcroy, occupies the site of a 15th-century fief known as Fourcroy, in the commune of Blérancourt, in the Aisne department. In 1661, Bernard Potier founded an orphanage there in place of an older leper hospital; it is regarded as one of the first child-welfare foundations recognised by the king. Before the French Revolution, the establishment was run by Feuillantine nuns. After the dissolution of religious congregations in 1792, it became national property (bien national) placed under the authority of a municipal commission. After the Second World War, the Fondation de Blérancourt took over its management until 1957, when the association Le Moulin Vert took over to care for children with intellectual disabilities. The building was registered as a historic monument (inscrit) in 1927.