Château de la Brangelie

Château de la Brangelie (French:Castle of Brangelie) is a French château in the municipality of Vanxains, department of Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. It is on the western edge of the departement of Dordogne, 500 meters north-northwest of the town of Vanxains. It is a private property.

On a fortified base from the 15th century, two buildings and outbuildings were connected to the structure in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1] During the French Revolution in 1793, the lord of Brangelie, the Marquis of Vanxains, was kidnapped and strangled in the basement of the château.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ ↑ « » [archive], base Mérimée, ministère français de la Culture. Consulté le 14 novembre 2009
  2. ↑ ↑ Jean-Luc Aubarbier, Michel Binet, Guy Mandon, Nouveau guide du Périgord-Quercy, p. 343, Ouest-France, 1987, (ISBN 2-85882-842-3)


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