Castles to visit Oise

How would you like to visit the castle of Beauty and the Beast? Then take part in the well-commented tours to learn more about the mysteries of this place where Jean Cocteau shot several scenes from his famous film with Jean Marais. A very famous haute couture brand also shot an ad there in 2018. This seventeenth century photogenic house bears witness to the passion that its first owners had for hunting. The gate of the park is surmounted by a statue of Diana, and the courtyard of the castle is framed by two porticoes representing 38 hunting dogs forcing deer and wild boar. Today, this castle houses a 10 room hotel, a beautiful restaurant overlooking a famous golf course and a clubhouse with a cosy atmosphere. Under the spell? You can privatize part of the estate for company seminars or family celebrations.

Between the Châtelet Butte and Mount Ganelon, the village is located on the edge of the Laigue forest and its ponds. Before embarking on the discovery of the old deciduous velvet, admire the only Renaissance Castle in the department built on the foundations of a medieval fortress in 1500. A replica of this castle exists in the United States, New York State. To see: the entrance gate of the th century and the Louis XV era. The church dates back to the th century and its side sides of the th century.

The central square is dominated by two beautiful Renaissance buildings, hosting the town hall and a retreat. A closer examination reveals that it is the same building cut in two, once fortress. This th century mansion is remarkable for its façade, whose Italian influence is undeniable. It was a hospice tower, a special house and city hall. On the floor, you can take a look at the superb room François I (today the wedding room), which is the only one of the building to have retained the original ceiling and fireplace (free visit at the opening hours of the town hall).

The municipality, nestled in the Creux valley, extends to the banks of the River Aisne. Its history dates back to the time of the Romans, as shown by the current Saint-Eloi Street, which was a Roman route. The Mérovingiens kings had a hunting house in the village, annex of the Royal house of Cuise, which was to Saint-Jean-aux-Bois. Surrounded by woods and forests, the village is picturesque. At the beginning of the town hall, take the left lane to the Ru of Vandy where you see the castle of Cuise (private property, not visit) and in the background the elegant Saint Martin Church, a typical construction of the Soissonais in the late th and early th century. It has a powerful clocher and a slender nave. She was listed in Historic Monuments in 1913. Read: the existence of pedestrian circuits from the village and the impressive number of wells: more than are still in good condition.

A first basement floor of the th century is all that remains of the first known castle at this location; the th century dates back to a second floor of the basement on cross-stitch to three sleepers the entry book and the first level of the tower of the residence; the enclosure retains some medieval elements; around 1679 were built the eastern part of the housing with its staircase and the second and third level of the tower; the house encompassed in the enclosure dates back to the th century; the western part of housing is built around 1878; dates made on the stack strains; the weapons of Louis de Couste (1494) Equerry of Joan d'Arc have recently been discovered in the masonry of the cottage; a th-century chimney from old mill has been raised in the home.

Its access is limited to a discreet entrance to the road where it has to be inferred, between Verneuil-en-Halatte and Pont-Sainte-Maxence. A long wooded road leads us to the private domain, visible as from outside. But one can think for a moment about the walls of the castle and its th and th centuries moat. Or wait until the Heritage Days in September to discover the oldest castle in the country of Halatte.

The castle was transformed into a farmhouse at the end of the th century by the Marquis de Nointel. It was then called the castle of the Etournelles, perhaps because of his towers (there were three towers in the th century). In the 5 th and th centuries, it is flanked by a beautiful barn in the th century and a large ha park built by Louis-Sulpice Varé, the architect of the Bois de Boulogne, with fruit trees, roses, flowers, and an English-style park with a pond with an island.