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Château

La Chapelle-Chaussée, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures (cad. B 87) : inscription par arrêté du 11 juillet 1966
Protection dates
1966/07/11 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
La Chapelle-Chaussée
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.26973, -1.85314
Mérimée reference
PA00090521

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construction du 16e siècle, remaniée sous Louis XIII, qui se compose de trois pavillons, de gerbières et de deux tourelles couvertes en dômes et surmontées de campaniles. Les toitures reposent sur des corniches modillonnées. L'intérieur est orné de boiseries Louis XV. Le salon de compagnie possède une cheminée monumentale sculptée qui conserve des traces de peinture, datant de la fin de la Renaissance française. Les deux tours rondes qui flanquent le devant de l'édifice, possèdent des escaliers à vis en bois. Le grenier est couvert d'une charpente en grosses poutres de bois formant une coque de navire renversée.

English translation

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16th century construction, altered under Louis XIII, which consists of three pavilions, granaries and two turrets covered with domes and surmounted by campaniles. The roofs rest on moulded cornices. The interior is decorated with Louis XV woodwork. The reception room has a monumental sculpted fireplace which retains traces of paint, dating from the end of the French Renaissance. The two round towers which flank the front of the building have wooden spiral staircases. The attic is covered with roof structure of large wooden beams forming an inverted ship's hull.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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