# Château d'Olonde

Canville-la-Rocque, Manche, Normandie

Château d'Olonde stands in Canville-la-Rocque (Manche), in the Normandie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first quarter of the 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

In Canville-la-Rocque, the château d'Olonde brings together several building phases on a single moated site: stretches of 12th-century wall, two square towers with corner turrets dating from the early 16th century, and a residential wing rebuilt in the 18th century. Barbey d'Aurevilly is thought to have drawn on it for one of his novels, and Michel Houellebecq refers to it in Sérotonine as an emblem of a vanishing rural Normandy. Access is limited to the courtyard, from where visitors can take in the towers, the medieval remains and the overall layout of the site.

**No visits on record.** No opening hours or ticketing found.

## Where this château is

- 50580 Canville-la-Rocque
- 49.34399, -1.650641
- Heritage status : Registered historic monument (inscrit)
- Period of construction : 1er quart 16e siècle

## Sources

- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22979504
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA50000011

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