Château de Tilly is located in Boissey-Le-Châtel, a village of Pays du Roumois, which is part of Bourgtheroulde district, in the Eure County.
Its construction began in 1530 and lasted 5 years. Claude Le Roux was the first Landlord, heir to Guillaume II Le Roux, Lord of Bourgtheroulde. He built the castle to assert his social status as MP and member of the Exchequer. When his brother passed away, he also inherited the Castle of Bourgtheroulde, which is today a prestigious hotel in Rouen.
The castle was erected on 1000 acres of land. Over the years the property will gradually be dismantled and will become a public school. Since, major structural works have been achieved to refurbish the property in 1990, and finally in 2012 the castle recovered its past beauty.
Today the grounds are comprised of three buildings:
The Castle: the façade combines bricks and rocks, characteristic of the Renaissance period in Normandy. Remaining signs indicate that a chapel was adjoined to the Castle and destroyed during the French Revolution. The surrounding walls are indicative of the building’s medieval history. 
The “Le Roux de Tilly” maxim:
“Expugna impugnates me domine”, Lord hold off my enemies
It suggests the difficulties and attacks faced by the family and the castle over the centuries. You will admire the engravings on the window frames, tracing back the castle’s history.
Indoors, take the time to appreciate the Stairway of Honour, also described as “Rihour stairs”, named after its architect. You will be fascinated by its original and historic conception and its mesmerizing effect..
https://chateaudetilly.fr

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The Château d'Harcourt, situated in the commune of Harcourt in the Eure département of France, is a masterpiece of medieval architecture. The cradle of the Harcourt family, the castle is one of the best preserved castles in the country and contains the oldest arboretum in France.
Although the lords of Harcourt trace their origins to the year 1000, it is only in the second half of the 12th century that the existence of a castle can be proven from historical texts. Robert II d'Harcourt was a companion in the crusade of Richard Lionheart; the first stone castle was certainly built by him. Harcourts appear later among the most important barons of Normandy. Jean II d'Harcourt, for example, was named Marshal of France (French: maréchal de France) and accommodated in his residence king Philip III. In 1338, king Philip VI, set up the seigniory of Harcourt, with the Château d'Harcourt forming its principal town.
The fortress appears to have seldom been under siege through history. It is only at the time of the Hundred Years' War that Harcourt became a military base. In 1418, the castle was claimed by the English, but they were eventually expelled by the counts of Dunois, Eu and Saint-Pol in 1449. As the war came to a close, the domain returned to the Rieux family, then, starting from the second half of the 16th century, to the powerful Lorraine-Guise family. The French Wars of Religion caused an increase in defensive fortifications in the castle. In 1588, the members of a league occupied the castle. In the 17th century, the castle lost all military interest; it was then partially abandoned and invaded by vegetation after Louis Gervais Delamarre acquired it in 1802. With his death, Harcourt was bestowed to the Royal Academy of Agriculture of France (French: L'académie royale d'Agriculture). Today, the council general of Eure is the owner.
Architecture
It is thought that the Château d'Harcourt consisted in the beginning of a motte-and-bailey surrounded by a ditch, like many of the other fortresses of the time. In the 12th century, a square stone tower took the place of earlier wooden constructions. The castillar architecture then evolved according to the progression of sieges, and the rise of its successive owners. In the 13th century the old keep was integrated in a polygonal castle. The bailey was protected by a curtain wall punctuated by nine round towers. Ahead of the curtain wall, a deep ditch, dry most of the time (lacking a river to feed it), girdled the structure.
Through the 14th century, the defence of the castle continued to improve. A monumental fortified door, a châtelet, was installed to defend the more exposed of the two entries. The archeries were enlarged to allow firing crossbows.
In the 17th century, Marie Françoise de Brancas (d.1715), wife of Alphonse Henri, Count of Harcourt, undertook to refit the medieval fortress to make it more hospitable. A friend of Madame de Maintenon, she demolished three sides of the polygonal castle and thus opened her apartments to the light. With a similar aim, large rectangular bays were bored and the interior disposition was re-examined.
The medieval Château d'Harcourt appears truncated today, especially as the top of the keep was levelled to bring it to the same height as the other buildings. There is no longer any building in the bailey, though a chapel was probably there formerly.
The castle is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.

Château d'Harcourt

The Château du Champ-de-Bataille, is a castle located in the Eure department of the French region of Upper Normandy. A baroque castle, Château du Champ-de-Bataille lies between the communes of Neubourg and Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc, and in the Campagne du Neubourg, between the river Risle to the west and the river Iton to the east. It was built in the 17th century for the Maréchal de Créqui.
History
In 1650 Alexandre de Créquy-Bernieulle (1628–1703) was arrested and exiled to the province by Cardinal Mazarin. He built the Château du Champ-de-Bataille between 1653 and 1665.
The Gardens
The French formal garden was created beginning in 1992 by a new owner, interior designer Jacques Garcia. It was inspired by sketches of the original garden, long vanished, which showed the placement of the great terrace, the broderies and bosquets, and the proportions of the squares of Apollo and Diana. These features were scrupulously reproduced, while the new features of the garden took their "measure and tone" from the model of the original. The garden is listed by the French Ministry of Culture as one of the Notable Gardens of France.

Château du Champ-de-Bataille

Le Château d'Yville - a classified 18th Century Historical Monument in the Seine valley, in Normandy (France)
In the latter part of the 17th Century it became fashionable throughout France to own châteaux and other buildings conforming to the aesthetic rules of the finest buildings constructed by Louis XIV's architects, based on new ideas of geometry and harmonic proportions.
In parallel, a new type of country residence or 'maison de campagne' made its appearance. Without moats, somewhere between the Italian 'villa' and the traditional 'château', these buildings found favour among the powerful - the nobility and the political and financial gentry.
The château at Yville-sur-Seine is a fine example of this new genre. It was built in the early 18th century on the site of a previous building. It has always been attributed to the famous Royal architect, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who died in 1708. This attribution may be debatable, but very strong influences of his style can be identified.
The domain of the Château d'Yville, covering more than 835,000 sq.m., has remained intact until the present day. Situated on a gentle North-facing slope next to the village of Yville-sur-Seine, between a meander of the Seine with its wet meadows, and the forested edge of the chalk and clay plateau to the South, the château and grounds were disposed in such as way as to take full visual advantage of the landscape.
Today, the château and domain are privately-owned and have been restored. Initially listed in 1931, the park and château were officially classified as a "Monument Historique classé" by the French authorities in 2003.
Many of the original descriptive documents and plans of the château are missing; historical and scientific investigations are underway to determine some of the original designs for the gardens and grounds, and further restoration is planned.
http://www.yville.org

Château d'Yville

The first castle in Quevillon was built by Étienne Bourdet in the 13th century and it was demolished in 1570. The current castle dates from the 1620s and it was built by Charles II Maignart de Bernières. Voltaire stayed in the castle in 1723. Today Château de la Rivière-Bourdet is in private use.
https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/3011/chateau-de-la-riviere-bourdet/

Château de la Rivière-Bourdet

Visiting Taillis is like discovering a whole new world of French castles. The history of our estate starts in the 14th century and every day we keep up the hard work to keep it safe.
In 1998, the Navarro family was the one who purchased the castle and since then it has entered a new age. Preserving the castle and making it regain its historical splendor is our main goal. For over 20 years we have been fighting against its ruination and making efforts in order to restore this Norman masterpiece.
Today, you can contribute to its restoration by visiting this amazing place. Nicolas Navarro, one of the youngest owners of the Chateau, will warmly welcome you and help you dive into the Castle history and that of its owners.
You will be offered several visits: a visit to the interior of the Castle, to the park and gardens or to the Museum Août 1944. 
https://www.triplancar.com/en/lieu/chateau-taillis