Château des Ravalet, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
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3 attractions · 6h 20min · transit route
Tickets ~€5 · Transport ~€1.8
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About Château des Ravalet
The Château des Ravalet is a Renaissance castle built between 1562 and 1575 on the ruins of a medieval manor dating back to 780 AD. Constructed from distinctive blue schist stone quarried in North Cotentin, the castle features mullioned windows, circular corner turrets, and Corinthian capitals typical of Renaissance architecture. The 18-hectare park surrounding the castle combines English and French garden styles, with ornamental ponds, exotic plants including palm trees and bamboos, and a restored 19th-century greenhouse with a distinctive rotunda.
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The castle's walls are 4 meters thick at the base, and the original medieval dungeons and underground prisons from the 780 AD manor are still preserved beneath the Renaissance structure. Visitors cannot access these areas, but they represent over 1,200 years of continuous occupation at this site.
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