Baronville Castle

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Le château en bref

The name Baronville, derived from the Latin "Baronis villa", is thought to date back to the Late Roman Empire. The estate belonged from 1232 to the de Machery family, then passed by marriage in 1394 to the Prunelé family, several members of which died or successively inherited the fief until the 16th century. A first "pleasure château" was built there in 1623 by the Montescot family; only its outbuildings survive today. Acquired by the Marquis d'Aligre in 1783, the estate was entirely rebuilt in 1868 by his great-grandson, the Marquis de Pomereu d'Aligre, to plans by the architect Léon de Sanges, giving rise to the present Second Empire-style château, which bears the motto "Pereat Nomen cum Peribit Honor". The estate, which includes the "Carrousel de Baronville" (stables and model farm, 1882–1883), housed wounded soldiers from the First World War and suffered German occupation in 1939–1945 before regaining, from 1981 onwards, its role as a venue for receptions (weddings, seminars, corporate events, film shoots).