Château de Bonneville

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In Le Chamblac, the Château de Bonneville has overlooked its park of sculpted yews since the late 18th century, when Nicolas de Bonneville, known as “Gentil-Bo”, rebuilt it after a fire on the foundations of a 16th-century manor that had belonged to his family since the Middle Ages. Its reddish-orange brick façade, corner turrets and mansard roofs make it an elegant Norman residence in the Louis XIII/Louis XV tradition. Having passed by marriage to the Mallard de La Varende family, the château was, from 1919 to 1959, the home and workplace of the writer Jean de La Varende, who wrote his entire body of work there and assembled his collection of nearly two hundred ship models. Restored over thirteen years by its current owners, Prince Charles-Édouard de Broglie and Princess Laure, the writer's great-grandchildren, the château today keeps the memory of La Varende alive through its park and collections.