Château de Montcornet

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Entry and drawbridge of Montcornet

The Château de Montcornet is a castle in the commune of Montcornet in the Ardennes département of France.

History[]

The castle was built between the 11th and 12th centuries by the first occupants, the . In the 13th and 14th centuries, the fortress passed to and then to the . In 1446, Antoine I de Croy repurchased the castle and rebuilt it almost completely. In 1613, Charles of Gonzaga, who was in the process of building the nearby Charleville, capital of the , purchases the castle. From then it passed into the hands of the , then finally to the duke of Aiguillon, who dismantled it around 1760. Only ruins survive today.

The artefacts excavated from the castle grounds—keys, currency, pottery, bones, etc.—are on display in a room of the castle.

Château de Montcornet has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1926.^[1]

Architecture[]

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Gallery[]

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  Haute cour

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  Salle d'armes

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  Montcornet coat of arms

See also[]

• List of castles in France

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Château de Montcornet.

• Base Mérimée: Château (restes), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• The Château de Montcornet in the « Archéologie en terre d'Ardenne » site

Coordinates: 49°49′46″N 4°37′39″E / 49.82944°N 4.62750°E / 49.82944; 4.62750

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