The Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers is a castle in the commune of Les Trois-Moutiers in the Vienne department of France.

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Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers
Les Trois-Moutiers
Bird's eye view of Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers
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Coordinates	47.0923°N 0.0326°E / 47.0923; 0.0326
Type	Château
Site information
Open to the public	Seasonally
Condition	Ruin
Website	www.mothe-chandeniers.com
Site history
Built	13th century
Materials	Stone
Demolished	Abandoned in 1932

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The stronghold dates to the thirteenth century and was originally called Motte Bauçay (or Baussay). The castle is a former stronghold of the Bauçay family, lords of Loudun. The Motte Baussay was taken several times by the English during the Hundred Years' War and devastated during the French Revolution.^[1][2]

It was bought in 1809 by François Hennecart, a wealthy businessman, and then sold to Baron Joseph Lejeune in 1857.^[2] However, a fire in 1932 destroyed most of the buildings in the castle, which then became abandoned.^[2][3][4]

In December 2017, a French startup organized a crowdfunding campaign site, and 27,190 people having to pay at least €50 each joined the cause, raising €1,600,000,^[2] to purchase the castle with the aim of preserving it.^[5]

The castle was the subject of a project by the French photographer Roman Veillon in his book Green urbex: Le monde sans nous.^[6]

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