When was Château de Monts built?

In the mid-eighteenth century, it represents a typical residence of the minor Normandy nobility of that era.

What does the historic monument listing protect?

The façades, roofs, staircase, two rooms with their decoration (woodwork and paintings), the outbuilding, the park and pond.

Can the interior of the château be visited?

The château has been listed as a historic monument since 2010, but no visitor information is available online; contact the municipality for access details.

Château de Monts

Monts Castle

Monts-en-Bessin

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Monts-en-Bessin

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Château de Monts stands in Monts-en-Bessin (Calvados), in the Normandie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: third quarter of the 18th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Built in the mid-eighteenth century in the Bessin region, Château de Monts is a stone residence with a main building of seven bays. Standing on slightly elevated ground, it reflects the lifestyle of the minor nobility of eighteenth-century Normandy, with its carefully appointed interiors and landscape setting designed to enhance the building.

What to know

The château has no official website with visitor information; contact the town hall of Monts-en-Bessin.
The historic monument listing covers façades, roofs, staircase, decorated rooms and outbuilding, as well as the park and its pond.
The site features two access avenues and a basin without fountain that extends the view westward.
In the nineteenth century, the site was reorganized with a pleasure garden bordered by a circular walkway.

Where this château is

Monts-en-Bessin · Calvados · Normandie

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Address

14310 Monts-en-Bessin

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA14000097
Period of construction: third quarter of the 18th century

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When was Château de Monts built?: In the mid-eighteenth century, it represents a typical residence of the minor Normandy nobility of that era.
What does the historic monument listing protect?: The façades, roofs, staircase, two rooms with their decoration (woodwork and paintings), the outbuilding, the park and pond.
Can the interior of the château be visited?: The château has been listed as a historic monument since 2010, but no visitor information is available online; contact the municipality for access details.