Calvados

Normandy

Manoir de Coupesarte

Few residences embody half-timbered Norman architecture as well as the manoir de Coupesarte, in the heart of the pays d'Auge. Its L-shaped buildings, bristling with corbeled corner turrets, are reflected in the water-filled moat. Once a farmhouse, the manor has become a precious testament to the…

Normandy

Château de Vendeuvre

Nine generations have handed Vendeuvre down from father to son since Alexandre de Vendeuvre had it built in the 18th century by Jacques-François Blondel, one of the most celebrated architects of his day. A country house in the Normandy countryside, this château in the Calvados has kept its suite of…

Normandy

Château de Fontaine-Henry

Renaissance facades and huge roofs, among the tallest in France, fool the eye: Fontaine-Henry began as a fortified manor built around 1200 near Caen, with a Gothic chapel and a guardroom. The Harcourt family transformed it from Louis XII to Francis I, with the architect Blaise Le Prestre, and…