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The Mesnil-Vitey manor is a fortified house from the late fifteenth century, situated on the banks of the Vieille Vire, at Airel, in the Manche department. The seigneury is already mentioned in 1229 with Raoul de Fierville. Around 1480, Lucas Acher had the present manor built to guard the crossing of the Saint-Louis bridge; Guillaume Acher succeeded him in 1506, and in 1613 Jean Acher obtained from Louis XIII a weekly market and two annual fairs, of which the Bourgais fair survives. The estate then passed to the Regnault de Segrais and de Croisilles families. The manor is set within a quadrangular enclosure surrounded by moats; its L-shaped residential block is served by a polygonal stair turret in the interior angle, and it retains a wall walk, a monumental fireplace, panelling, and the coat of arms of Lucas Acher above the entrance door. During the Revolution, two crenellated towers and some coats of arms were destroyed. The façades, roofs and remains of the enclosure wall have been listed as historic monuments since 22 November 1949. It is privately owned.