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Le château en bref
On the west coast of the Cotentin, Flamanville Castle is a seventeenth-century country residence built of local grey granite under slate roofs. The site, mentioned in 1008 under the name Flamenovilla like many possessions of the Dukes of Normandy, passed to the Abbey of Blanchelande in 1403. Hervé Basan de Flamanville had the castle rebuilt from 1654 to 1658, incorporating two towers and sections of walling from a fifteenth-century fortified house; the chapel was consecrated in 1659, and a tower known as the Jean-Jacques tower, in homage to Rousseau, was added in 1778. Pavilions, galleries flanked by pepper-pot turrets and moats crossed by a drawbridge make up the ensemble. The castle has been listed as a monument historique since 6 January 1930. After a period of ownership by EDF and abandonment, the commune bought it in 1986. Its twenty-hectare park, open free of charge all year round, contains a well-regarded dahlia garden, while the interior is opened occasionally for exhibitions.