Skip to content
Chateaupedia
Château de La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens, La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens

Château de La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens

Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens Castle

La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Château de La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens stands in La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens (Ille-et-Vilaine), in the Bretagne region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 16th century, 17th century, 19th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

The château de La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens merges a 16th-century pavilion with structures from the following century, remodeled in 18th-century style. Built near a medieval priory to safeguard the monks, the château unfolds around two rectangular courtyards and features a remarkable dovecote with three thousand nesting holes and landscaped grounds.

Written from Château du Logis

What to know

  • Interior woodwork displays Louis XV styling and preserves the refinement of the 18th-century renovation.
  • The dovecote, built in the 17th century, retains its original layout including a rotating ladder for accessing all nesting compartments.
  • The landscaped grounds comprise moats, an entrance avenue, gardens, and a wooded former park bordering the château.
  • The orangery stands among the protected structures alongside the main residence and farm buildings to the north of the courtyard.

Where this château is

La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens · Ille-et-Vilaine · Bretagne

Map of the area around Château de La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens

Loading the map…

This châteauChâteaux within 40 km

Address

La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens, Ille-et-Vilaine

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

Get directionsView on a map

Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA00090522
Period of construction
16th century, 17th century, 19th century

Base map © IGN, Géoplateforme

In pictures

Frequently asked

When was the château built?
A pavilion dates to the 16th century, but the existing complex was erected in the 17th century and later remodeled in the 18th century, particularly in 1750 according to contemporary taste.
Why was this château built near a priory?
It was constructed to provide shelter for the monks of the priory of La Chapelle-aux-Filtzméens, who had suffered previous destruction, notably from assaults by King John against the Diocese of Dol.
What makes this château's dovecote remarkable?
The 17th-century dovecote contains three thousand nesting compartments and preserves its original access system featuring a rotating ladder.

Get told when châteaux near you open

An email when châteaux in your departments announce a tour, an evening opening or one-off access. Never more than one a week.

Your departments

Pick up to three. You can change them at any time.

Something wrong here?

Tell us. Every report moves this entry up our verification queue.

Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Ille-et-Vilaine

From the same period — 16e siècle