Château de la Grange-Bléneau
The Château de la Grange-Bléneau is a castle in the commune of Courpalay in the Seine-et-Marne département of France.
History
The castle was built in the 14th century.
Upon the death of his cousin in 1955, René de Chambrun discovered the large cache of documents in the attic, and he founded a private museum to Lafayette.[3] He organized and described the family archives, a collection dating from 1457 to 1990.[4] The papers were microfilmed at La Grange in 1995 and 1996, for the Library of Congress.[5] Today, it is the property of the Josée and René de Chambrun Foundation, a charitable foundation charged with preserving the castle and its historical contents.[6]
Architectural significance
It has been listed as a
See also
References
- ^ a b c Base Mérimée: Château de la Grange-Bléneau et sa chapelle, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ René de Crambrun, Introduction, Adrienne: The Life of the Marquise de la Fayette, André Maurois; McGraw-Hill, 1961, p. viii
- ^ Giniger, Henry (19 June 1956). "Lafayette Papers Found in Castle; An Unused Tower of a Chateau Near Paris Yields Trove of Lafayette's Papers". The New York Times. p. 31. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ René de Crambrun, Introduction, Adrienne: The Life of the Marquise de la Fayette, André Maurois; McGraw-Hill, 1961, p. x
- ^ Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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