Château de Fontaine-Henry, Fontaine-Henry
Facts and practical information
The Fontaine-Henry castle is located in the commune of Fontaine-Henry, in the French department of Calvados, in the Normandy region.
Like a Loire castle lost in Normandy, the building of medieval origin is famous for its facades marked mainly by the Louis XII and Renaissance styles. With its high French-style roofs reaching up to 15 meters high on the quadrangular "Gros Pavillon", the building is also considered as the highest roofs in France.
Bertrand Jestaz attempted to reconstruct the different stages of construction of this accumulation of buildings by examining all the masonry and comparing the estimates and plans of the 18th and 19th centuries. These conclusions were taken up by Jean-Pierre Babelon.
The castle of Fontaine-Henry is classified as a historical monument by a decree of April 5, 1924. This classification was replaced by a new order on November 22, 2011. The building is now surrounded by an English-style park, which was also classified as a historic monument in 1959.
Normandy