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It can happen.
As far as I knew, there was a seminary behind my parent's house. And there is still but now it doubles up as congress centre and exhibition space so its parc and some of the buildings are opened to the public.
Which is how, by attending an Algerian painters exhibition when I visited my parents a few weeks ago, I dicovered that, hidden by the huge building of the seminary, there was a small castle:
Well, not THAT small either.
The building looks like it might have been built at the beginning of the 17th century but in fact it is fairly recent: it was only dates back to the end of the 19th century (and the seminary in the late 1930's). More historical data (in French) can be found here.
But the faux gothic style offers a few interesting figures on the back of the building.
Check out this profusion of figures:
I particularly like this guy:
But where would you be without a couple of devils?
There are even a few mermaids... (there is a brook on the property)
And a stern mistress (looking like actress/singer Vanessa Paradis - aka Mrs. Depp)
Despite all this fabulous bestiary, it looks like the castle is used as some type of school for young children:
And, of course, since we are in the parc of the seminary, the woods even have a rambling madonna:
Quite a discovery, isn't it?
As far as I knew, there was a seminary behind my parent's house. And there is still but now it doubles up as congress centre and exhibition space so its parc and some of the buildings are opened to the public.
Which is how, by attending an Algerian painters exhibition when I visited my parents a few weeks ago, I dicovered that, hidden by the huge building of the seminary, there was a small castle:
Well, not THAT small either.
The building looks like it might have been built at the beginning of the 17th century but in fact it is fairly recent: it was only dates back to the end of the 19th century (and the seminary in the late 1930's). More historical data (in French) can be found here.
But the faux gothic style offers a few interesting figures on the back of the building.
Check out this profusion of figures:
I particularly like this guy:
But where would you be without a couple of devils?
There are even a few mermaids... (there is a brook on the property)
And a stern mistress (looking like actress/singer Vanessa Paradis - aka Mrs. Depp)
Despite all this fabulous bestiary, it looks like the castle is used as some type of school for young children:
And, of course, since we are in the parc of the seminary, the woods even have a rambling madonna:
Quite a discovery, isn't it?
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