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Le château en bref
Le château de la Sémondière is a fortified residence built in 1590, under Henry IV, at Brécey in the Manche département, and occupied from the outset by the Detrez family. Constructed of schist and granite, it consists of a main range with a corner stair tower, pierced by loopholes and surrounded by former moats some nine metres wide. The entrance gate bears the coat of arms of the Brécey de la Sémondière family, and the steep roof is pierced by three Empire-style dormer windows. Marie-Louise de Brécey, wife of the collector Jean de Jullienne, a friend of Watteau, and her niece Françoise-Laurence de Brécey lived here. In 1815, Julien-Claude-Marie Ruault-Coutances sold the château to Captain Jean-François du Buat, who, with his wife, decorated the interior in the Empire style. The stair tower, destroyed during the Revolution, was rebuilt by the present owners, who also restored a wrought-iron handrail. The interior retains a Louis XV salon, Louis XIII elements and Empire decoration. No reference confirming protection as a monument historique has been confirmed.