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Le château en bref
On a hilltop overlooking the Ernée valley, at Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux, north-west of Laval, the Château du Fouilloux occupies the site of the former seigneurial castle. The seigneury is attested as early as 1195, with Gervais de Brée; in 1408 it was acquired by Guy XII de Laval, and it was raised to the status of châtellenie in 1542. Marie de Froulay became its owner in 1606. The present château was built around 1785 by Michel René François du Mans, to the plans of the architect Jean-Baptiste Tellot. It consists of a rectangular corps de logis flanked by an angled pavilion, on two storeys with an attic floor of dormer windows, with six bays on the north side; in 1840, the historian M. de Sérières still considered it a modern construction. The estate includes a terraced garden and an 18th-century chapel. Sold in 1819 to the Rousseau de Monfrand family, the château and its estate have been listed as monuments historiques since 2016. It is a privately owned property.