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Château de la Durbelière, Mauléon

Château de la Durbelière

Durbelière Castle

Mauléon

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Château de la Durbelière stands in Mauléon (Deux-Sèvres), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The building is listed as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 15th century, first half of the 17th century, 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

In Mauléon, in the Deux-Sèvres, the ruins of the Durbelière recall a former manor built by the Rorthais family and later the Meulles, reworked in the 15th and 17th centuries before being destroyed by fire during the Vendée wars. The site owes its fame to Henri de La Rochejaquelein, leader of the Catholic and Royal army, born there in 1772, whose presence led to the château being burned five times in 1793 and 1794. What remains today are the moats, a dovecote, outbuildings and ruined walls still marked by the original watchtowers and loopholes. A scale model kept at the town hall of Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné shows what the building looked like before its destruction.

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What to know

  • The château exists only as ruins, with no roofed building to visit.
  • The site is maintained and animated by a local association, la Durbelière.
  • The visit takes place mostly outdoors, around the moats, the dovecote and the remaining walls.
  • The legendary underground passages said to link the château to the nearby church are sealed off and cannot be visited.
  • A model of the château before the fires is displayed at the town hall of Saint-Aubin-de-Baubigné nearby.

Where this château is

Mauléon · Deux-Sèvres · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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79700 Mauléon

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Heritage status
Listed historic monument (classé)
Mérimée record PA00101257
Period of construction
15th century, first half of the 17th century, 18th century

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From the same period — 15e siècle

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