Château d'Eaucourt-sur-Somme

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Castle Facts:

Location: Eaucourt-sur-Somme, in the Somme departement of France (Picardie Region).
Built: 15th century.
Condition: In good condition.
Ownership / Access: Privately owned.
ISMH Reference Number: PA00116142
Notes: Château d'Eaucourt-sur-Somme is in the town of Eaucourt-sur-Somme, Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy, is valued by an association specialized since 1983 in the site development work and restoration of remnants (ARCh.E.: www.chateau-eaucourt.com Castle restoration Association of Eaucourt-sur-Somme). She hosts the site fun and educational tours around the builders and everyday life in the fourteenth century. Opened in July and August every afternoon and all year round activity days for schools and leisure centers.The castle seems to have been built in the thirteenth century as the diocesan pouillé 1301 speaks of the chapel Sainte Margherite the castle and thus means "Aqua curte" (literally: the small river). This is the chapel Sainte Marguerite name of its founder, Marguerite de Picquigny, wife of Mathieu de Roye.

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