Who designed Château d'Eliçabéa?

Armand Jean de Peyré drew the plans and built it between 1660 and 1663. This architect became known in fiction as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas's character M. de Tréville.

Château d'Eliçabéa

Eliçabéa Castle

Trois-Villes

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Where: Trois-Villes

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Château d'Eliçabéa stands in Trois-Villes (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: second half of the 17th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Built between 1660 and 1663 in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Château d'Eliçabéa was designed by Armand Jean de Peyré, an architect whose name inspired a famous character in Alexandre Dumas's novel. The composition of its eastern facade, organized around a central block set back between two side pavilions, exemplifies 17th-century classical architecture. The mullioned windows, framed in grey marble and alternately crowned with circular or triangular pediments, reveal the care taken in its ornamental detailing.

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The château, its formal gardens, basin, ornamental dovecote, and surrounding park have been listed as historical monuments since 2012.
The facades show a clear distinction between the eastern side, structured by two pavilions flanking a central block, and the western side, which features no recession.
The mullioned windows are among the building's most distinctive architectural elements.

Where this château is

Trois-Villes · Pyrénées-Atlantiques · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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64470 Trois-Villes

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00084535
Period of construction: second half of the 17th century

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Who designed Château d'Eliçabéa?: Armand Jean de Peyré drew the plans and built it between 1660 and 1663. This architect became known in fiction as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas's character M. de Tréville.
What characterizes its architecture?: The eastern facade features a central block set back between two side pavilions. The mullioned windows, framed in grey marble and alternately crowned with circular or triangular pediments, are its most distinctive elements.