Château de L'Aigle, 17th-century château in L'Aigle, France

Château de L'Aigle is a 17th-century residence in the centre of L'Aigle, built of two wings set at right angles. Each wing has projecting bays with triangular and curved pediments in exposed brick, and tan walls with red brick quoins and window surrounds. A stone staircase with a Louis XVI wrought-iron railing stands at the centre; the building has housed the town hall since the Reconstruction.

The château de L'Aigle stands on the site of an 11th-century fortress built by the lord Fulbert de Beira and dismantled during the Hundred Years' War. Construction of the present building began in 1690 under Louis des Acres, marquis de L'Aigle, and was completed by his son Jacques-Louis des Acres in 1732. Enlarged several times, it was seriously damaged in 1944.

The château has housed the town hall since the post-war Reconstruction. Its name comes from the seigneurie of L'Aigle, raised to a marquisate in 1650 for Jacques des Acres. In a dependency, the Musée Juin 44, inaugurated in 1953 by Maréchale Leclerc de Hauteclocque, presents the Battle of Normandy in twelve scenes with life-size wax figures.

The château stands in the centre of L'Aigle and now houses the town hall, so the interior is generally not open for sightseeing. The Juin 44 museum, founded in 1953 in an outbuilding, presents the Battle of Normandy in twelve scenes with life-size wax figures. Visitors should check town hall access conditions before planning a stop.

The château stands on the site of an 11th-century fortress built by the lord Fulbert de Beira and dismantled during the Hundred Years' War. The present building was begun in 1690 for Louis des Acres, marquis de L'Aigle, and finished by his son Jacques-Louis around 1732. Since the post-war Reconstruction it has housed the town hall, and the Juin 44 museum opened in one of its outbuildings in 1953.