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Château de Parigny lies in the former commune of Parigny, now part of Grandparigny, in the south of the Manche department. A former fortified manor house, it consists of a central block flanked by two pepper-pot towers, extended by two perpendicular wings ending in towers that enclose a courtyard of honour. Its core dates back to around 1480, when the manor belonged to the Saint-Germain family, and the main building was remodelled in the following centuries, notably in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1602, during the Wars of Religion, Gilles de Saint-Germain was killed on the perron during a clash with his Protestant cousins. The estate then passed to the Lorgeril family, including Jean-François-Toussaint de Lorgeril, rear admiral and deputy for the Manche, and in 1952 it entered the Fauchon de Villeplée family. The façades, the roofs, the wooden balustrade staircase, the salon and billiard room with their decorations, and the dovecote have been listed as historic monuments since 26 April 1976.