The castle of Melun
In 1695, Bartholomé François de Melun, knight Lord
of Illies was tenant of the house and the farm of the Haut Hotel
which was then called Melun Castle.
To restore the era, the king at that time was Louis XIV.
The Citadel of Lille had just been completed.
It was a most beautiful castle: brick.
We see there in the illustration it is the big building on the left in the trees.
It was a castle which served as a country house for the de Meluns.
It is the Revolution which begins to see the beginning of the demolition of the castle
after the last lord of Illies fled to keep his head on his shoulders.
The Leroys, tenants of the land, bought the farm and the land.
They are gold medalist and all that goes with in 1850 and 1857.
The castle is so in ruins that in 1914 it can be considered as destroyed.
The castle is so in ruins that in 1914 it can be considered as destroyed.
All that remains is the hill on which it was built: Motte Leroy.
Now there is only the coat of arms with its seven gold besans which reminds
the reign of the Melun Family for three hundred years!