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Encyclopedia > Marlinspike Hall
Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy approach Marlinspike Hall.
Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy approach Marlinspike Hall.
The Château de Cheverny was used as a model for Marlinspike Hall. The two outermost wings are not present, but the remaining central tower and two wings are almost identical.
The Château de Cheverny was used as a model for Marlinspike Hall. The two outermost wings are not present, but the remaining central tower and two wings are almost identical.

Marlinspike Hall (Le château de Moulinsart in the original French-Belgian) is Captain Haddock's Country house in Hergé's comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. Image File history File links Marlinspike. ... Image File history File links Marlinspike. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 304 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 304 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Château de Cheverny The Château de Cheverny is located at Cheverny, in the département of Lair-et-Cher in the Loire Valley in France. ... Captain Haddock (Capitaine Haddock) Captain Archibald Haddock (Capitaine Archibald Haddock) is a character in the comic book series The Adventures of Tintin. ... A country house is a large dwelling, such as a mansion, located on a country estate. ... Georges Remi (May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983), better known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... The main characters and others from The Castafiore Emerald, one of the later books The Adventures of Tintin (French: ) is a series of Belgian comic books created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi (1907–1983). ...


The hall is modeled after the central section of the Château de Cheverny. The French name is derived from Sart-Moulin, a village near Braine-l'Alleud in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; in an allusion to the Haddock family's maritime history, the hall's English name refers to the Marlinspike, a tool used in seamanship to splice ropes. Château de Cheverny The Château de Cheverny is located at Cheverny, in the département of Lair-et-Cher in the Loire Valley in France. ... Braine-lAlleud (Dutch:Eigenbrakel) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. ... Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia and of Belgium. ... Marlinspike (French Moulinsart) is the castle where Captain Haddock lives in Hergés Tintin comic book series, starting from Red Rackhams Treasure. ... Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Splicing (rope). ...


Marlinspike Hall first appears in The Secret of the Unicorn as the home of the story's villains, the Bird brothers. At the end of Red Rackham's Treasure, the manor is purchased by Professor Calculus on behalf of the Captain; the fabled treasure itself is found hidden in the manor's cellar. Marlinspike provides a home base for Tintin and Haddock in between their various adventures. In The Castafiore Emerald, virtually all of the action takes place in the hall, its grounds, or the surrounding countryside. The Secret of the Unicorn (originally Le Secret de la Licorne) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... The Adventures of Tintin sports a vast array of secondary and tertiary characters. ... Red Rackhams Treasure (Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... The Castafiore Emerald (Les Bijoux de la Castafiore) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...


Marlinspike Hall is presented as a large and luxurious dwelling adorned with numerous works of art, antique furniture, and a gallery of the Haddock family's treasures. The grounds comprise a park with extensive woodlands, wide lawns, a rose garden, a high surrounding wall, at least two gates, a neighbouring meadow, and at least one adjacent building (used by Professor Calculus as a laboratory in The Calculus Affair ). The size of the house and park would appear to require a number of domestic and gardening staff but only one - the faithful Nestor - is ever seen. The Calculus Affair (LAffaire Tournesol) is the eighteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Bianca and Nestor Nestor is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Before he was under the employment of Captain Haddock at Marlinspike Hall, he dutifully served as a butler for the Bird Brothers, the estates previous owners. ...


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