The Château de Keriolet is a
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
built in the 19th century in
Concarneau
Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt.
The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the main ...
(France).
History
At the end of 1850s, under the
Second French Empire, Charles Chauveau met the Russian princess Zénaïde Narichkine-Ioussoupov. She was in love with him and bought him a count's title of Chauveau. The Château de Keriolet was commissioned by
Zénaïde Narichkine-Ioussoupov (
Felix Yusupov' defer grandmother), and built at the end of the 19th century by the French architect
Joseph Bigot.
[Yvon Corre, ''Kériolet. Le château d'une fantasque Russe'', Le Télégramme, 5 August 2012.]
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The count of Chauveau, 57-year-old, died in October, 1882 to Kériolet. Charles de Chauveau had bequeathed the domain to his sister, Madame Prieur. Zénaïde Narichkine-Ioussoupov bought back Kériolet and decided then to donate it, with her lands and her collections, to the department of Finistère.
In 1956, Felix Yusupov won a lawsuit and regained possession of the castle from the department of Finistère. The castle was sold to the city of Concarneau
Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt.
The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the main ...
in 1971. In 1988, Christophe Lévèque, acquired the castle, restored it and reopened it to the public.
Description
Gallery
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See also
* Manoir de Stang-al-lin
The Manoir de Stang-al-lin is a manor-house located in the Finistère ''département'' of Brittany in northwestern France. It is located in the small town of Concarneau, near Quimper. It was erected by Gustave Bonduelle in 1903.
* List of châteaux in Brittany
This article is a list of châteaux in Brittany, France.
Côtes-d'Armor
''Former Duchy of Brittany'', Departement 22.
*Château de Bienassis, 15th and 16th centuries at Erquy. Park and gardens. Classified as a Historic Monument.
* Ch ...
References
Bibliography
* Prince Félix Youssoupoff, ''La fin de Raspoutine'', V&O Éditions, 1992
* A. Paban, ''Catalogue du Musée Départemental de Kériolet'', Librairie Le Tendre, Concarneau, 1900
* Collectif, ''Le Guide Quimper'', Éditions du patrimoine, 2006
* Gilles et Bleuzen du Pontavice, ''La cuisine des châteaux de Bretagne'', Éditions Ouest-France, 1997
* Collecif, ''Bretagne XXe, un siècle d'architectures'', Terre de Brume, Archives Modernes d'Architecture de Bretagne, 2001
* Pierre Angrand, ''Histoire des musées de province au XIXe, l'Ouest'', Le cercle d'or, 1984
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Houses completed in 1883
Buildings and structures in Finistère
Concarneau
Monuments historiques of Finistère
Keriolet