Charmont-sous-Barbuise () is a commune in the

Aube Aube ( ) is a French departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube (river), Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),

department, north central

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Château de Charmont-sous-Barbuise

The château of Charmont-sous-Barbuise was originally a fortified manor house, mentioned in 1233. In 1539 it was described as "the

motte A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or Bailey (castle), bailey, surrounded by a protective Rampart (fortificati ...

of the Coulaverdey manor, which once had a castle, surrounded by a trench, is presently fallen into ruin". It was rebuilt in 1550, and the last château was constructed by Joseph-Aimé Hennequin in 1725. The site was registered as a

Monument historique () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, ...

in 1988.

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Château de Charmont-sous-Barbuise

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