Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Rochefort
Besson, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Rochefort : inscription par arrêté du 13 février 1928
- Protection dates
- 1928/02/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Besson
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.46978, 3.25477
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092999
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Petit château ayant conservé son portail, des fenêtres à meneaux, une porte sculptée et diverses inscriptions.
English translation
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History
Small château which has retained its gateway, mullioned windows, a sculpted door and various inscriptions.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Rischâteauunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Martinégliseunder 1 mi
- Château du Vieux-Bostchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Fourchaudchâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.