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The '''Château du Fou''' is a [[castle]] in the ''[[Communes of France|commune]]'' of [[Vouneuil-sur-Vienne]] in the [[Vienne]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'' of France.<ref name=MinCult>Ministry of Culture: [https://ift.tt/2tBt8D0 Château du Fou] . Retrieved 23 February 2019</ref>
==History==
The Château du Fou was constructed by Yves du Fou, ''[[Seneschal#In France|Sénéchal]]'' of [[Poitou]] at the end of the 15th century.
In 1539, [[François I of France|François I]] met [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], there.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the lordship of Fou was held by the family (Tiercelin) of Appelvoisin, marquess of La Roche du Maine, in [[Prinçay]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1795, Charlotte Félicité Elisabeth (Tiercelin) d'Appelvoisin de La Roche du Maine married François-Gabriel-Thibault de La Brousse, marquis de Verteillac, baron de la Tour-Blanche, bringing to him the Château du Fou, where he died on 26 October 1854
In 1855, the castle was sold.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In the late nineteenth and twentieth century, it belonged to the family of La Borie de Campagne.
During the [[Second World War]], the castle suffered bombardment on 2 August 1944, particularly damaging the south and north wings,<ref name=MinCult/> British bombers had attempted to flush out a German general, who had been occupying the castle as if a lord among his staff. German soldiers were buried under the castle, some dead or wounded, but the general escaped by plane the next morning.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2tzcZxP Le château du Fou], official website of the commune of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne . Retrieved 23 February 2019 </ref> The damage has since been restored.
The [[postern]], the [[moat]], the [[Fortified tower|tower]]s, the [[turret]], the staircase and the vault were classified as historical monuments by a decree of 6 February 1953. The rest of the castle, including the parts not built on, were registered with the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments by a decree of 9 November 2010.<ref name=MinCult/>
==Architecture==
The castle remains are the moat, the remains of the entrance postern with its two towers and the turret staircase with its vault.
==See also==
*[[List of castles in France]]
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2tBt8D0 Ministry of Culture listing for Château du Fou]
* [https://ift.tt/2H56QBJ Ministry of Culture photos]
[[Category:Castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
[[Category:Châteaux in Vienne|Fou, Chateau]]
[[Category:Monuments historiques of Vienne]]
The '''Château du Fou''' is a [[castle]] in the ''[[Communes of France|commune]]'' of [[Vouneuil-sur-Vienne]] in the [[Vienne]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'' of France.<ref name=MinCult>Ministry of Culture: [https://ift.tt/2tBt8D0 Château du Fou] . Retrieved 23 February 2019</ref>
==History==
The Château du Fou was constructed by Yves du Fou, ''[[Seneschal#In France|Sénéchal]]'' of [[Poitou]] at the end of the 15th century.
In 1539, [[François I of France|François I]] met [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], there.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the lordship of Fou was held by the family (Tiercelin) of Appelvoisin, marquess of La Roche du Maine, in [[Prinçay]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 1795, Charlotte Félicité Elisabeth (Tiercelin) d'Appelvoisin de La Roche du Maine married François-Gabriel-Thibault de La Brousse, marquis de Verteillac, baron de la Tour-Blanche, bringing to him the Château du Fou, where he died on 26 October 1854
In 1855, the castle was sold.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In the late nineteenth and twentieth century, it belonged to the family of La Borie de Campagne.
During the [[Second World War]], the castle suffered bombardment on 2 August 1944, particularly damaging the south and north wings,<ref name=MinCult/> British bombers had attempted to flush out a German general, who had been occupying the castle as if a lord among his staff. German soldiers were buried under the castle, some dead or wounded, but the general escaped by plane the next morning.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2tzcZxP Le château du Fou], official website of the commune of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne . Retrieved 23 February 2019 </ref> The damage has since been restored.
The [[postern]], the [[moat]], the [[Fortified tower|tower]]s, the [[turret]], the staircase and the vault were classified as historical monuments by a decree of 6 February 1953. The rest of the castle, including the parts not built on, were registered with the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments by a decree of 9 November 2010.<ref name=MinCult/>
==Architecture==
The castle remains are the moat, the remains of the entrance postern with its two towers and the turret staircase with its vault.
==See also==
*[[List of castles in France]]
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2tBt8D0 Ministry of Culture listing for Château du Fou]
* [https://ift.tt/2H56QBJ Ministry of Culture photos]
[[Category:Castles in Nouvelle-Aquitaine]]
[[Category:Châteaux in Vienne|Fou, Chateau]]
[[Category:Monuments historiques of Vienne]]
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