What is Hardelot Castle?
[[File:Chateau d'Hardelot 01.jpg|thumb|The castle]] '''Hardelot Castle''' ({{lang-fr|Château d'Hardelot}}) is a [[castle]] in [[Pas-de-Calais]] in [[France]]. It is in a field next to the village of [[Condette]], and south of the city of [[Boulogne-sur-Mer]]. The first castle at this place was built in the 12th century by the [[Count of Boulogne|Counts of Boulogne]]. The present castle was built by Count Philippe Hurepel of Clermont in 1222. The castle was captured several times by the French, the English and the [[Burgundians]]. The 'pseudo Gothic' style mansion was built in 1848 by Sir John Hare. He demolished the existing buildings inside the walls of the old castle, and used a tower and underground passages from the 13th century as the basis of his building. In 1899, Sir John Whitley bought the site and then created the seaside resort of Hardelot, making the castle the main centre of the estate with bedrooms, food, and activities like golf, fishing and tennis.{{Orphan|date=December 2010}} ==External reference== * [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=IA00062411 The Chateau in the Mérimée database]. [[Category:Castles in France]] [[Category:Pas-de-Calais]] [[Category:12th-century establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1222 establishments]] [[Category:1220s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Establishments in France]] {{France-stub}}