Château de l'Hospital

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Le château en bref

The Château de l'Hospital, in Bretteville-le-Rabet, stands on the site of a former hospital establishment linked to the Templars. A donation dated 1148 by Pierre and Guillaume de Gouvix granted a manorial house with its enclosure, seven acres of land and the chapel of Saint-Jean-Baptiste; the donation was confirmed in 1203 by Charles Robert de Gouvis. The site became a commandery, attached in 1325 to that of Voismer, at Fontaine-le-Pin. Of the thirteenth-century building survives a vaulted hall, incorporated into the residence built by M. Saint Jean between 1850 and 1860. The chapel was destroyed in 1809; some of its paintings are preserved in the parish church. A private property, the château is not open to visitors.