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Le château en bref
Mortiercrolles Castle, one kilometre south-east of the village of Saint-Quentin-les-Anges (Mayenne), was rebuilt at the end of the 15th century for Pierre de Rohan-Gié, Marshal de Gié, who also founded the Franciscan convent of Notre-Dame des Anges there. The estate passed to Anne de Rohan (1606–1685) and her descendants, was sold in 1763 to Jean-Baptiste du Tertre, marquis de Sancé, and then belonged to the families de Préaulx, Montault and de Rougé (dukes of Caylus). Surrounded by a moat and flanked by corner towers, with a gatehouse and an ornate chapel, it is a fine example of the Louis XII style: masonry alternating tuffeau and brick, wide windows with pointed dormers, and decorated machicolations. The site includes three ponds with a mill and an enclosure in three parts (garden, courtyard, lower courtyard). Partially listed as a monument historique since 1924.