- Château de Farcheville
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The Château de Farcheville is a 14th century castle in Bouville near Paris in the department of Essonne.
The castle was built by the Hugues II and Hugues III, Lords of Farcheville and Bouville. The great hall was built in 1291 and the castle chapel was consacrated in 1304. Both father and son were chamberlain to Philip IV of France. The structure possesses a rare northern French example of arched machicolations on buttresses, more characteristic of military architecture in the Languedoc. The castle passed to the family of Châtillon in the fifteenth century.[1]
The castle was once owned by Yellowstone Club founders Edra and Tim Blixseth. Following the Blixseth's 2009 divorce and bankruptcy, the castle is currently for sale by creditors for $57 million U.S. dollars. The castle has its own moat, hunting grounds, 15 bedrooms, 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), and a helipad [2]. Edra Blilxseth is facing personal bankruptcy because of the collapse of her and her husband's real estate empire. Edra Blixseth is now facing paying creditors over $400,000,000.
References
- ^ Mesqui, Jean (1997). Chateaux-forts et fortifications en France. Paris: Flammarion. pp. 493 pp. ISBN 2-08-012271-1.
- ^ http://offshoreinn.com/international_real_estate_property/castle-for-sale-chateau-de-farcheville/
Coordinates: 48°25′31″N 2°17′16″E / 48.42528°N 2.28778°E
Categories:- Châteaux in Essonne
- Fortified French châteaux
- French castle stubs
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