Castles to visit Picardy

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.

Here was born Jean-Baptiste de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, botanist, biologist and founder of national meteorology. The sculptor Albert Roze gave him a statue that orne the location of his home.