Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château (vestiges)
Grez-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château (vestiges) : classement par arrêté du 6 juillet 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/07/06 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Grez-sur-Loing
- Département
- Seine-et-Marne
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.31638, 2.69190
- Mérimée reference
- PA00087017
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1758 map "7 Fontainebleau, Etampes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancien donjon du début du 12e siècle. Résidence royale aux 13e et 14e siècles, prisée des reines de France. La guerre de Cent ans détruit la majeure partie du château, en 1359 et 1370, dont il ne reste que le donjon.
English translation
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History
Former keep from the early 12th century. Royal residence in the 13th and 14th centuries, prized by the queens of France. The Hundred Years' War destroys most of the castle, in 1359 and 1370, of which only the keep remains.
Nearby in the register
- Pont sur le Loingpontunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Laurentégliseunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Château de Bourronchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.