Château de Chailvet

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Château de Chailvet, a private estate lived in all year round, has been classified as a historic monument of the Aisne since 1984. It is located in Royaucourt-et-Chailvet, 130 km north of Paris, near Laon. A testament to the most innovative tastes of its time, its façade is today the only example of Italian-inspired Renaissance architecture in the former Picardy region. The château is the historic fief of the lords of La Vieuville, dukes and peers of France, a very important family of the 16th and 17th centuries, close to the king, whose members included both a superintendent of finances under Louis XIII and the famous Marie-Madeleine de La Vieuville, mistress of the Regent. It was later bought by a family of more regional importance, the Parat-Le Carlier-Charmolue de la Garde, before passing to the Brunel family, of local importance. An exterior visit is organised during the Heritage Days, an opportunity to appreciate the restoration now being completed after 30 years of work. This article supplements and refines the research of Maxime de Sars published in his work Le Laonnois féodal.