Château des Rochers-Sévigné

Vitré, France

Les Rochers was the estate of the Mathefelon family from the 12th century, before being passed by marriage to the Sévigné family in 1410. The family rebuilt the château in the early 16th century. Between 1644 and 1690, Madame de Sévigné stayed here and refurnished the house. She gave names to the paths through the gardens and in 1689 her son commis-sioned the French Gardens from Le Nôtre. In 1715, the Nétumières family bought the estate and carried out building and restoration works. Today there is a visitor centre at the 17th century Orangerie and exhibition about Madame de Sévigné and the Château des Rochers.

References:

Brittany Tourism

Address

Route d´Argentré-du-Plessis, Vitré, France

See all sites in Vitré

Details

Founded: 16th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in France

More Information

www.bretagne35.com

Rating

4.1/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Notre-Dame Church (5,9 km)
Château de Vitré (6 km)

Château de Fougères (30,5 km)
Château de Laval (29,6 km)
Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial (49,8 km)
Laval Cathedral (29,4 km)
Château de Châteaubriant (43 km)
Château de la Ballue (48,7 km)
Château de Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier (26,1 km)
Château de Châteaugiron (25,1 km)
Château de Pouancé (37,7 km)

User Reviews

Cedric le foll (2 years ago)
Discovery of this golf course today. I give 5 stars despite the condition of the course being very very average but the weather of the last few days and the illness on the greens are hurting but we see the teams working on future improvement with drainage work in progress. Beyond that, the design is very pleasant, technical and varied with relief and sloping holes. Special mention for the welcome, from reservation to payment with a gesture on the GF taking into account the state of the route without asking anything, just for this true commercial spirit, we could give 6 stars. I will happily return there in good weather to improve the menu ?.

Andy Perchard (2 years ago)
Tricky course up and down through the trees and hillsides. Well worth the trip and would play again.

christian barbier (3 years ago)
cool

Alina Tiron (5 years ago)
Its cool

Nicole Krieff (6 years ago)
BY

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Finest Norman castles in Italy

Exploring the History of Northern Poland

Discovering Slovenia's Historic Wonders

Photo from Flickr, copyright Mark1792

Historic Site of the week

Rosenborg Castle

Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.

The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.

Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.