Château de la Rivière
28190, Pontgouin
« The Château de la Rivière is from the XVIIth century. It will host weddings and B&B in 2020 »
History
ocated in the Perche, the Castle River offers an early seventeenth century elegant and little modified for four centuries.
The main body of the castle was completed in 1628, the common in 1629.
The architecture is simple and harmonious, using local materials of grison, russet stone and bricks.
The castle is built in length, most rooms being crossed by the light.
The common are U-shaped, closing the courtyard in front of the castle. The whole is surrounded by moats in front of a network of canals and moats feeding in the Eure which flows between the castle and the park in star.
Cradle of the family of Aligre, it was bought in 1954, by a family known in the film production and distribution and received the visit of many personalities of the cinema, such Michel Audiard, Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura.
Since 2009, under the impetus of the current owners, it benefits from important restoration work.
My castle is visitable
All year
