Château de Bosmelet

The Château de Bosmelet is a 17th-century residence standing in the territory of the former French commune of Auffay, in the department of Seine-Maritime, in the Normandy region.

The château, a witness to Louis XIII-style architecture, now newly devoted to art and culture, displays the performing arts collection of the Alain Germain fund. Its park is complemented by a walled flower garden, an 18th-century chapel, and a late-16th-century orangery. Visitors can also discover 18th-century wrought-iron gates, a ha-ha, and, in the shade of 550-year-old chestnut trees, remains from the Second World War (a bunker, tracks leading to the V1 launch ramp). The château is partly protected as a historic monument.

Machine-translated from “Château de Bosmelet” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Château de Bosmelet ranks #6,620 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #564 of the 675 mapped in France. Founded c. 1625, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 672 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Beauvais, 75 km away. It is one of the 27 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Normandy. See how France compares in the castle statistics.

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