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Le château en bref
South of Metz, the Château de Chérisey is known today as the heart of a golf course, but its history dates back to the early 13th century. Around 1219–1220, Renaud de Chérisey had a fortified house built there, and his family occupied the estate for more than five centuries, until 1950. The present main block, built in 1615, was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries. The estate retains a gate, a dovecote and an orangery, which, together with the façades and roofs of the château, have been listed as monuments historiques since 19 December 1986. In 1958, the château was sold to a restaurateur. Two years later, the Metz-Chérisey golf club association was founded: the first six holes, designed by the British architect F. W. Hawtree, were inaugurated on 1 September 1963, and the course was extended to eighteen holes in 1987, on a layout by D. Harradine. The château, a privately owned property made available to an association, now forms part of this sporting landscape.