Château de Moulinvieux

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Le château en bref

Moulinvieux Castle stands in Asnières-sur-Vègre, one of the villages de caractère of the Sarthe, on the banks of the Vègre. Its central block dates from the 17th century. In the 18th century, it was enlarged with side wings and given a rich interior décor of woodwork, paintings and sculpture, as well as a chapel dedicated to Notre-Dame; a right-angled wing was added again at the end of the century. The estate is accompanied by a landscape garden and retains an old fuie, the seigneurial dovecote. The château, its outbuildings, the fuie and the park are listed as monuments historiques. The whole illustrates well the evolution of a noble residence of the Maine, moving from a Grand Siècle dwelling to an 18th-century pleasure house open onto the valley.