I was working on organizing some photos that I took in 2004, a year or more before I started blogging. This is the Château de Martinvast, AKA the Château de Beaurepaire, near Cherbourg on the Cotentin peninsula. It's just 15 miles north of the village of Carteret. CHM and I were there to see old friends and to do some sightseeing.
I don't remember this château clearly. There are so many châteaux in France that it's hard to keep track of them. Martinvast was originally a medieval fortress, but it was badly damaged during the 100 Years' War in the 14th century between England and France. A Renaissance château was built on the site in the late 16th century. That building was modified over the counse of the 18th and early 20th centuries.
I was working on organizing some photos that I took in 2004, a year or more before I started blogging. This is the Château de Martinvast, AKA the Château de Beaurepaire, near Cherbourg on the Cotentin peninsula. It's just 15 miles north of the village of Carteret. CHM and I were there to see old friends and to do some sightseeing.
I don't remember this château clearly. There are so many châteaux in France that it's hard to keep track of them. Martinvast was originally a medieval fortress, but it was badly damaged during the 100 Years' War in the 14th century between England and France. A Renaissance château was built on the site in the late 16th century. That building was modified over the counse of the 18th and early 20th centuries.
DId you go inside? Interesting looking
ReplyDeleteI don't remember going inside, and I don't have any pictures of the inside (that I can find).
DeleteI see the typical sky of Normandy lol. What a handsome chateau!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what it was like, way back then, to live near there if you weren't a chateau-dweller. -- Chrissoup
ReplyDeleteThere must have been a lot of poor people — farmers, laborers, etc. I wonder what the average life expectancy was.
DeleteBeautiful looking place. Martinvast is an un-French sounding name, imo...
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