The Château du Houssoy is a 14th and 15th century
castle
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in the ''
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
'' of
Crouy-sur-Ourcq
Crouy-sur-Ourcq (, literally ''Crouy on Ourcq'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Crouy-sur-Ourcq are called ''Crouyciens''.
Schools
The town has one ...
in the
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne (river), Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square ...
''
département
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'' of France.
It has been listed since twice as a ''
monument historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' by the
French Ministry of Culture
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. One wing furnished with
machicolation
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s, extending along the Avenue de la Gare, was listed in 1932. The
keep
A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in c ...
and the gabled wall of the former house, including its chimneys, were added in 1962.
See also
*
List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Region and Department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vine ...
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References
Castles in Île-de-France
Buildings and structures in Seine-et-Marne
Monuments historiques of Île-de-France
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