The Château d'Heilly is a ruined historic castle in

Heilly Heilly (; pcd, Heillin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Heilly is situated on the D52 road, some northeast of Amiens. History During the First World War, being on the railway line Amiens- ...

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, France.

History

The site has been occupied by a castle since the Middle Ages, but the present

château A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions. Nowaday ...

was built in the 18th century. It was redesigned by the architect

Pierre Contant d'Ivry Pierre Contant d'Ivry (11 May 1698 in Ivry-sur-Seine – 1 October 1777 in Paris), was a French architect and designer working in a chaste and sober Rococo style and in the ''goût grec'' phase of early Neoclassicism. Early career An ''Architecte ...

in 1840. In the same year, the gate was moved to the

Château de Bertangles The Château de Bertangles, also named Château de Clermont-Tonnerre, is a historic castle in Bertangles, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France. History It was built from 1730 to 1734 for Count Louis-Joseph de Clermont-Tonnerre. It was designed by archi ...

. It was demolished in 1848, and turned into a

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Architectural significance

The ruins have been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 2009.

References

Châteaux in Somme (department) Chateau Heilly {{France-castle-stub