When the sun shines on the Sarthois winter, its Lavau stone facade turns blond.
And the Château du Haut-Buisson then emerges from the forest that surrounds it.
It is the pride of Cherré-Au (2,800 inhabitants), at the gates of La Ferté-Bernard (Sarthe).
This beautiful neo-Louis
She received, among others, her friend Marcel Proust.
Its restoration is a colossal project whose financing requires ingenuity.
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The building (1,100 m2 on two floors), its outbuildings, its orangery and its vast estate, of which 120 ha of gardens, woods and meadows remain, have remained abandoned for too long.
“Looters, squatters and illegal visitors ransacked everything,” explains the mayor, Jannick Niel.
Two paintings, signed François Clouet and Philippe de Champaigne, were stolen.
Not to mention the damage from bad weather and the weight of the years: ravaged roof, burst ceilings, parquet floors, chimneys and joinery dismantled.
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