Château de Montesson

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Le château en bref

The Château de Montesson stands at Bais, in Mayenne, on the road to Hambers. According to the Mérimée notice (PA00109458), the building results from several phases: a medieval seigneurial dwelling, a 16th-century entrance gatehouse topped with an imperial roof, and a 17th-century residential wing. The site retains a fortified platform surrounded by wet and dry moats, retaining walls and small stone bridges. The granite façade of the entrance pavilion bears the arms of the Montesson family. A round tower is capped with a bulbous slate roof. The façades and roofs of the 17th-century residential wing, the moats, the bridges, the retaining walls, the archaeological footprint of the platform and the hornbeam hedge outside the moats have been listed as Monuments historiques since 3 June 1996. The château is privately owned and can be seen from the road; the interior and grounds are open only during the Journées du patrimoine.