The Château de Maupas of Morogues !!!

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This one was a while back in my road warrior tours of the valley of the kings of my belle France I, again, found me older paper pictures that should be in my blog, glad to have found them, I have been all over France, but sometimes just touch base ,go on the run and lucky to be able to come back to many, but still work to do. Let me tell you about the Château de Maupas of Morogues  !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I. The Château de Maupas is located in the town of Morogues, in the department of Cher No 18 in the Centre-Val de Loire region of my belle France. It is 23 km from Sancerre, 27 km from Bourges, 47 km from Vierzon, and 504 km from my house. Château de Maupas front c2008 The lordship of Morogues and Maupas first belonged to Henri III of Seuly, Lord of the Aix d’Angillon in 1284, then to the Mathefelon in 1357, then, by marriage, to the Rochechouart, Then, it passed in 1440 to the Mesnil-Simon; by the marriage of Phillipine de Rochechouart with Jean du Mesnil-Simon, Chambellan of Louis XI. Finally , the lordship of Morogues and Maupas was acquired in 1688 by Antoine Agard. Louis XV, by letters patent of March 1725, erected in marquisate the lands, fiefs and lordships of Morogues, Maupas and Parassy under the name of marquisat of Maupas , It has memories of the Duchess of Berry who resided there, as well as king Charles X, her father-in-law and the Count of Chambord, her Son,(duke of Bordeaux, and for a short time king Henri V of France) of whom Auguste Agard de Maupas was the tutor. During the French revolution, the château de Maupas was seized on a descendant of Pierre Agard, emigrated, and sold as national property , It was Lieutenant-Colonel Jérôme Agard de Maupas, who had followed princes in exile in England and Germany, that he will return to regain possession of the land of Maupas. Benefiting from the amnesty of April 1802, he returned to France and bought the Domaine de Maupas and its castle to the Guibert family, who had maintained them perfectly. Currently, the Château de Maupas still belongs to the Agard de Maupas family. Large modernization works on the house in 1866. It is to him that we owe the formatting of the famous collection of earthenware plates in the cage of the staircase of honor. This unique collection in France has another originality: it is only composed almost exclusively of faïences (earthenware). All the pieces in this collection are unique, because decorated by hand, and come from the most prestigious French and European factories: Moustiers, Nevers, Rouen, La Rochelle, Strasbourg, and Delft. Château de Maupas collection 880 plates c2008 The official Château de Maupas : https://chateaudemaupas.com/ The town of Morogues on its heritage : https://morogues.fr/curiosites-et-monuments/ The local Berry province tourist office on the castle : https://www.berryprovince.com/patrimoine-culturel/chateau-de-maupas/ There you go folks, another wonder to be seen, worth the detour , me think. This is wonderful architecture and history to know and visit ,and even with more time. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the Château de Maupas of Morogues !!! as I And remember, happy travels, good health ,and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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