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Château de la Morlière

Château de la Morlière

To be privately owned

The Château de la Morlière is a manor house in Orvault, in the Loire-Atlantique department, France.

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The manor house was rebuilt in 1772 by the architect Jean-Baptiste Ceineray on behalf of the Chancerel du Coudray family. The estate subsequently belonged successively to Patrick Murphy (husband of Madeleine Deurbroucq), then to the Guist'hau, Demangeat and Pageot families.

the facades and roofs of the castle and the two 18th-century outbuildings; the central salon and the reception salon (both on the ground floor) with their furnishings; the courtyard of honor, the fence perimeter, the walls and the parterre. La Haie-Morlière is a split-off from La Morlière and belonged to the Decré-Lauprêtre, Soulard and Halgan families.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Amaury Bouchet · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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