FR, Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers
The stronghold dates to the thirteenth century and was initially called Motte Bauçay because the castle was a former stronghold of the Bauçay family, lords of Loudun. The English took the Motte Baussay several times during the Hundred Years' War, and it was devastated during the French Revolution.
It was bought in 1809 by François Hennecart, a wealthy businessman, and then sold to Baron Joseph Lejeune in 1857. However, a fire in 1932 destroyed most of the buildings in the castle, which then became abandoned until it came under the rescue of crowdfunders.
FR, Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers
The stronghold dates to the thirteenth century and was initially called Motte Bauçay because the castle was a former stronghold of the Bauçay family, lords of Loudun. The English took the Motte Baussay several times during the Hundred Years' War, and it was devastated during the French Revolution.
It was bought in 1809 by François Hennecart, a wealthy businessman, and then sold to Baron Joseph Lejeune in 1857. However, a fire in 1932 destroyed most of the buildings in the castle, which then became abandoned until it came under the rescue of crowdfunders.