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Château d'Harcourt (Thury-Harcourt)

France · 17th century

Founded
c. 1700
Heritage status
monument historique inscrit
Location
Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom
Coordinates
48.9876°, -0.4805°
Links
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Château d'Harcourt (Thury-Harcourt) in France
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Description

The Château d'Harcourt is a stately home dating from the 17th and 18th century, now in ruins, located in the village of Thury-Harcourt, in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It was the seat of the dukes of Harcourt and the Hartcourt family. Since World War II, only the façades, two guard pavilions and a chapel remain. The ruins are listed as a historic monument.

The château was known as the Versailles of Normandy. In addition, the gardens were one of the first in the English landscape style in France, and were well-known and admired.

Text adapted from “Château d'Harcourt (Thury-Harcourt)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Château d'Harcourt (Thury-Harcourt) ranks #7,347 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #704 of the 954 mapped in France. Founded c. 1700, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 43 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Normandy. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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