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Château de la Haye, ou la Haye-Saint-Hilaire

Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château : inscription par arrêté du 5 novembre 1926. Ensemble du château circonscrit par les douves, à savoir : logis, pavillon d'angle, chapelle, communs, tour et douves (cad. ZL 60, 62, 63) : inscription par arrêté du 20 mars 1995
Protection dates
1926/11/05 : inscrit MH, 1995/03/20 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 14e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
la Haye
Commune
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.34498, -1.34824
Mérimée reference
PA00090785

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château de La Haye est un bel ensemble de bâtiments du 17e siècle, avec quelques éléments plus anciens, disposés autour d'une cour carrée entourée de douves. Il a été reconstruit, entre 1600 et 1620, sur l'emplacement de l'ancien château des 13e et 14e siècles, dont il a conservé certains éléments, comme la tour ronde et le portail (déplacé). L'ensemble est cependant inachevé : le château devait être beaucoup plus important et plus fortifié, mais le décès du constructeur Henri de la Haye Saint-Hilaire, en 1622, a interrompu les travaux. Le château est le berceau de la famille de la Haye-Saint-Hilaire, qui occupe le lieu depuis le 11e siècle (avec filiation certaine et directe depuis le 14e siècle).

English translation

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The château de La Haye is a fine ensemble of 17th-century buildings, with some older elements, arranged around a square courtyard surrounded by moats. It was rebuilt, between 1600 and 1620, on the site of the former castle of the 13th and 14th centuries, of which it retained certain elements, such as the round tower and the gateway (relocated). The ensemble is nevertheless incomplete: the castle was meant to be much larger and more fortified, but the death of the builder Henri de la Haye Saint-Hilaire, in 1622, interrupted the work. The castle is the cradle of the family of la Haye-Saint-Hilaire, which has occupied the place since the 11th century (with a certain and direct line of descent since the 14th century).

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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