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Le château en bref
The Bétange estate lies north-west of Florange, in the Moselle department, in the Fensch valley, which was shaped by the steel industry. The site, recorded as Baitanges in 1352 and later as Bettingen, was a sub-fief of Florange and a fortified place from the Middle Ages. It was destroyed by the Spanish and rebuilt in the 1530s. The present château was built in 1828 and altered in 1856, in 1927, and during and after the Second World War. It has a central block flanked by two lower wings, built in yellow limestone, around an English-style sunken courtyard (cour anglaise) that opens onto the garden. The landscape park, laid out by Théodore de Gargan, extends with its pond and its avenue of horse chestnut trees. The park has been listed since 1993 and the château since 2007. An association works to safeguard the site.