Château de la Lande
Encyclopedia
The Château de la Lande is a castle in Rocles
in the Allier
départment in the Auvergne
Region
of France
.
. Among its later owners was the de Lichy de Lichy family.
Rocles, Allier
Rocles is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-Population:-Sights:*Château de la Lande 15th century*Etang du Lion), a pond which belonged in the past to the Castle of Montbillon in Saint-Sornin...
in the Allier
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
départment in the Auvergne
Auvergne (région)
Auvergne is one of the 27 administrative regions of France. It comprises the 4 departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire.The current administrative region of Auvergne is larger than the historical province of Auvergne, and includes provinces and areas that historically were not...
Region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...
of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
History
Early in its history it was supposedly a possession or commandery of the Knights TemplarKnights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders...
. Among its later owners was the de Lichy de Lichy family.
External links
Le château de la Lande. Retrieved 11 June 2011 Ministère Français de la Culture: Château de la Lande, Base mérimée. Retrieved 11 June 2011- Summed up and translated from the equivalent article at French Wikipédia, 10 November 2007