Château de Bertangles Château de Clermont-Tonnerre | |
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Coordinates | 49°58′21″N 2°18′6″E / 49.97250°N 2.30167°E |
The Château de Bertangles, also named Château de Clermont-Tonnerre, is a historic castle in Bertangles, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France.
It was built from 1730 to 1734 for Count Louis-Joseph de Clermont-Tonnerre.
[1] It was designed by architect
Germain Boffrand.
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The gate, designed by
Jean-Baptiste Veyren, was moved here from the
Château d'Heilly in 1840.
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During World War I, the château was the Australian Headquarters under the command of General John Monash.
On 12 August 1918 Monash was knighted on the battlefield, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, by His Majesty King George V, the first time a British monarch had honoured a commander in such a way in 200 years.
The interiors were burned in a fire in 1930, and restored shortly after. [1] It was later inherited by politician François de Clermont-Tonnerre.
On the eve of ANZAC Day on 24 April 2016, the Governor General of Australia Sir Peter Cosgrove came to Bertangles [2] offering tribute to General Sir John Monash, with a tree-planting ceremony and the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.
It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 1982. [1]