Château de la Rousselière

As the former seat of the castellany of Frossay, the castle was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1679, Renaud d'Espinose, Lord of Renaudières, captain in the royal regiment, advisor to the Parliament of Brittany, husband of Michelle Bureau, Lady of la Foresterie, became the owner of the castellany of Frossay. In 1764, the land of Frossay was elevated to a marquisate in favor of Charles Paul Augustin d'Espinose. In 1766, it passed to Jean Priou, Sieur de Saint-Gilles, and then, in 1780, to the Geslin family. Through his marriage in 1794 to Marie-Adélaïde Marguerite Geslin, the future mayor of Nantes, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand-Geslin, became the new owner. The estate consists of a chapel and a guard pavilion (16th century). The park was designed in 1880 by the architect Caillé. La Rousselière later belonged to the Nouvellon family, then, through marriage, to Colonel Camille de Cornulier-Lucinière, who would be mayor of Frossay from 1901 to 1919.