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Le château en bref
The Château des Ruettes stands on the rue de Bas, in Blainville-sur-Mer, on the western coast of the Cotentin. Originally a large farm, it was converted at the end of the 19th century into a historicist residence by Léon Pillet, a Parisian print dealer born in 1853 and who died in 1923; the date of 1888 is associated with this conversion. Pillet added two neo-Gothic wings inspired by the medieval restorations of Viollet-le-Duc: the north wing is flanked by a round tower and a square tower, while the street-facing body is topped by a flat roof with a balustrade, with mullioned windows, ogee arches and corbels carved with foliage. A large hall once housed a stained-glass window attributed to the painter Caillebotte, which was removed during a sale. During the Occupation, part of the Kommandantur was installed there, and on 29 July 1944 the abbé Leprieur died there during an incident. The château is today a private residence and is not protected as a monument historique.