Marble
University of Notre Dame
Loading navigation...

Château de Fontaine-Henry: Detail of entry or cour d'honneur

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

The facade is covered with delicate ornamental carving. Fontaine-Henry is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region. The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England. The château is still lived in by the descendants of its early owners, the Comte and Comtesse de Olliamson. There is a detached chapel next to the Chateau.

Cite This
The facade is covered with delicate ornamental carving. Fontaine-Henry is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region. The commune is known for its chateau, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries on the foundations of an earlier fortress built by Guillaume de Tilly, sieur de Fontaine-Henry, named in honour of his cousin Henry II of England. The château is still lived in by the descendants of its early owners, the Comte and Comtesse de Olliamson. There is a detached chapel next to the Chateau.
Open external viewer application
G. Massiot & cie
Circa 1910
Manifest
https://curate.nd.edu/show/z316pz53p3m
photographs

Our collection information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. If you have spotted an error, please contact Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries at asklib@nd.edu.

Also from

Architectural Lantern Slides of France