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I was sent the genealogy of one of the gentleman standing in front of Arginy castle, and the ‘Tower of Eight Beauties’. He asked me if I was kin to the Rosemont family.

Jon Presco

The oldest part of the castle is a tower, the “Tower of the Eight
Beauties”. Constructed in red bricks, its walls are more than one
metre thick.

THE TREASURE HUNT BEGINS.

The first organised search of the treasure trove left by de Beaujeu
was organised by one of his descendants, Anne de Beaujeu. She talked
about “very old documents that testified about the presence of a
major and historical depot”. The men entering the underground network
of tunnels were decimated by traps that had probably been put in
place by Count de Beaujeu. Anne de Beaujeu eventually gave up and had
the entrance to the underground network sealed off.

In 1914, the new owner of…