The Manoir de Vrigné is a historic manor in

Juigné-sur-Sarthe Juigné-sur-Sarthe (, literally ''Juigné on Sarthe'') is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France. Monuments * Manoir de Vrigné * Château de Juigné See also * Communes of the Sarthe depa ...

Sarthe Sarthe () is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the '' Grand-Ouest'' of the country. It is named after the river Sarthe, which flows from east of Le Mans to just north of Angers. It ha ...

, France. Philippe Seydoux, ''Châteaux et Manoirs du Maine'', Paris, Éditions de la Morande, 1988, p. 120

History

The manor was built from 1493 to 1528 for Pierre Jarry, a member of the Court of Audit under King

René of Anjou René of Anjou (; ; 16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480) was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1434 to 1480, who also reigned as King of Naples from 1435 to 1442 (then Aragonese conquest of Naples, deposed). Having spent his last years in Aix ...

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''Le Maine Libre'', September 13, 2012 It was acquired by Georges Le Clerc de Juigné in 1654. It is owned by Jean de Durfort. He restored it from 1995 to 2012. In 2012, it was open to visitors during the

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Architectural significance

It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 1989.

References

Châteaux in Sarthe Monuments historiques of Sarthe {{france-struct-stub