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, France.

History

It was built in 1905 to the design of architect

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. The grounds were designed by

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and his son,

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. In 1912, the former dadoes of the

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were moved to the drawing-room in this castle. Marquess

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, a politician, inherited this castle from his uncle, where he spent some time with his wife,

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, an heiress to the

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fortune.René Bourreau, Monarchie et modernité : l'utopie restitutionniste de la noblesse nantaise sous la IIIe République, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1996, p. 159 However, they resided at the

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Architectural significance

It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 2001.

References

Châteaux in Loire-Atlantique Monuments historiques of Loire-Atlantique Houses completed in 1905 1905 establishments in France 20th-century architecture in France {{France-castle-stub