Château de la Bôve, Historic castle in Bouconville-Vauclair, France.

The Château de la Bôve is a castle rebuilt between 1925 and 1933 in a style inspired by the 18th century, on the site of a previous château destroyed in the First World War. Its listed elements include the facades and roofs, a vestibule with its staircase and paintings, a circular salon, the chapel, the park, the carriage house and the remains of the older château, protected by decree of 6 January 2022.

A castle existed here by 1259, built over underground quarries called boves, and was ruined in 1430. Gaspard Hyacinthe de Caze had it rebuilt between 1725 and 1730; Henri Rillart de Verneuil enlarged it in 1899-1901. Housing a German command post in 1917, it was shelled on its owner's information and rebuilt in an 18th-century style between 1925 and 1933.

The road Chemin des Dames takes its name from regular visits paid by Louis XV's daughters to the Duchess of Narbonne-Lara, who lived in the area between 1776 and 1789. This royal connection remains part of the region's local memory and landscape identity.

The castle stands 1.5 km north of the village of Bouconville, on the plateau crossed by the Chemin des Dames, about 150 km northeast of Paris; the usual approach is by car. The facades, roof, vestibule with its staircase and paintings, circular salon, chapel, park, carriage house and the remains of the older castle were listed as monuments historiques on 6 January 2022.

The owner Henri Rillart de Verneuil ordered the bombardment of his own castle in 1917 to drive out German occupying forces. This extreme choice became a symbol of local resistance during the war.