Château de Magny-en-Bessin
The Château de Magny-en-Bessin is a classical-style French château located in the commune of Magny-en-Bessin, in the Calvados department. The estate belonged at the end of the 17th century to a prominent figure, Nicolas-Joseph Foucault, and gradually expanded to cover three-quarters of the current commune by the end of the century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Calvados, Magny-en-Bessin
- Also known as: “Chateau de Magny-en-Bessin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town hall of Magny-en-Bessin and Église Saint-Malo de Magny-en-Bessin.
Town hall of Magny-en-Bessin
Town hall
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Town hall of Magny-en-Bessin is situated 210 metres southeast of Château de Magny-en-Bessin.
Église Saint-Malo de Magny-en-Bessin
Church
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Malo de Magny-en-Bessin is a church, which is situated 230 metres south of Château de Magny-en-Bessin.
Église Saint-Sulpice de Saint-Vigor-le-Grand
Church
Photo: Pimprenel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Sulpice de Saint-Vigor-le-Grand is a church, which is situated 1½ km south of Château de Magny-en-Bessin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sommervieu and Vaux-sur-Aure.
Sommervieu
Village
Photo: ChBougui, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sommervieu is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Vaux-sur-Aure
Village
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vaux-sur-Aure is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The Barons de Gratot resided at the Château de Gratot in Vaux-sur-Aure. Vaux-sur-Aure is situated 2½ km west of Château de Magny-en-Bessin.
Ryes
Village
Photo: Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement, Public domain.
Ryes is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Ryes is situated 3 km east of Château de Magny-en-Bessin.
Château de Magny-en-Bessin
- Categories: château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Magny-en-Bessin, Arrondissement of Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe
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Latitude
49.30742° or 49° 18′ 27″ northLongitude
-0.66505° or 0° 39′ 54″ westElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Inception
17th centuryOpen location code
8CXX884M+XXOpenStreetMap ID
way 286149102OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Château de Magny-en-Bessin” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “kasteel van Magny-en-Bessin”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de Magny-en-Bessin”
- French: “château de Magny-en-Bessin”
- French: “Château de Magny-en-Bessin”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Château de Magny-en-Bessin”. Photo: Roi.dagobert, CC BY-SA 3.0.