# Motte castrale de Saint-Omer

Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Motte castrale de Saint-Omer stands in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais), in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 11th century, 12th century, second half of the 18th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

In Saint-Omer, an earthen mound dating from the 11th century marks the site of the town's first castle, founded by the Counts of Flanders to shield the nearby collegiate church from Norman raids. The motte first carried a wooden tower, then a stone keep, before becoming the residence of the local châtelain and being refortified in the 16th century. A prison was later built there in the 18th century, likely on the very foundations of the earlier castle, continuing the site's long link to political and judicial authority.

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## Where this château is

- 1B Pl. Sithieu, 62500 Saint-Omer
- 50.74688889, 2.254
- Heritage status : Registered historic monument (inscrit)
- Period of construction : 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 2e moitié 18e siècle

## Sources

- Official website : http://www.tourisme-saintomer.com/annuaire/la-motte-castrale/
- Wikidata : https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22997411
- Mérimée record : https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA62000052

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