Le château d'Olly

Olly Castle is a manor house built around 1830, probably on the site of an old mill. It is nestled at the confluence of the Hatrelle and the Givonne rivers. 
Its industrial past is marked first by a brickworks, documented as early as 1858, and then primarily by a spinning mill, the site's main activity. This textile industry was part of the economic dynamism of the Sedan region, renowned for its Point de Sedan carpets, and benefited from the hydraulic power of the two rivers as well as the passage of the "Le Bouillonais" railway line. An electric turbine powered by a system of canals and ponds provided the necessary energy for the workshops. 
The castle is also a place steeped in history: it housed the Dutch ambulance during the Battle of Sedan in 1870, and was the scene of executions during the Occupation, notably the assassination of resistance gendarme Jacques Wenzel on August 28, 1944, commemorated by a stele. 
Industrial activities ceased at the beginning of the 20th century, between a devastating tornado in 1905 and a fire in 1908 that destroyed the mill's annexes, leaving around forty workers unemployed. 
Acquired in 1961 by the painter Lucien Ardenne, then in 2015 by Jérôme Counet and Jérôme Antoine, the castle is now undergoing restoration.