Argouges
(avg. 38 m or 125 ft)
Argouges (French pronunciation: [aʁɡuʒ]) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the commune Saint-James.[2]
For many centuries the Barons de Gratot (Argouges) resided at the Château de Gratot in Argouges. Similar to the Château de Gratot is the Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure, in the French department of Calvados, Normandy which had also been owned by the Barons de Gratot (Argouges). According to the French Wikipedia a legend is that a Lord of Argouges met a Fairy woman who agreed to be his wife provided he never spoke the word "Mort" [death] which was considered profane language; however he spoke it and the Fairy vanished; this legend is associated with both Château de Gratot and the Château de Argouges. [3]
- Coat of arms of the Barons de Gratot (Argouges)
- François d'Argouges, [1622-1695] premier président Parlement de Bretange
- Château de Argouges in Vaux-sur-Aure.
- View of the ruins of the Château de Gratot at the left
- A view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
- A rear view of the Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
- An overview rear view of Main entrance of the Château de Gratot
- A rear view of Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
- Tower XIII of the Château de Gratot
- From left to right: The 18th Pavilion, the Round Tower, the Maison Seigneuriale, the Fairy Tower
- Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot [The 18th Pavilion at the right]
- Rear View of the North facade of the Château de Gratot
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Notable people
- Marie-Louise Bouglé (1883-1936), feminist, librarian, and archivist
See also
References
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 8 July 2016 (in French)
- ^ (A variation of this legend is found in "Ripley's Believe It or Not" (volume) V .pp.64-65. Ironically Ripley used a drawing of the Château_de Argouges for the Château_de_Gratot in Argouges!)
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