Château de Malicorne

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Le château en bref

On the banks of the Sarthe, on the edge of the Maine region, the Château de Malicorne succeeded a 12th-century fortress that was contested during the Hundred Years' War (captured by Robert Knolles in 1368, retaken by Ambroise de Loré in 1425). Rebuilt at the end of the 18th century in the Neoclassical style, it is surrounded by moats, an entrance pavilion and a park where a Bollée hydraulic ram operates. In the 17th century the Beaumanoir-Lavardin family received Madame de Sévigné here; the family of Marshal Oudinot owned it until 2018. A privately owned residence partly listed as a monument historique, it opens in the summer, during the Journées du patrimoine and for concerts; the grand salon retains a restored marquetry.