Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Châtelperron, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château : inscription par arrêté du 9 décembre 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/12/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Châtelperron
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.39997, 3.63665
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093053
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Edifice du 15e siècle ayant conservé presque toutes ses fenêtres d'époque. Leur encadrement rectangulaire est orné de moulures ; les plus importantes sont refendues par des meneaux cruciformes. La grande salle conserve une cheminée du 15e siècle aux montants garnis de colonnettes ; un écu décore le centre du manteau orné de moulures. La chapelle, de style Renaissance, conserve des peintures sur la voûte en forme de coupole. Ce château servait de pied-à-terre à Jean II Le Bon.
English translation
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History
Building of the 15th century having preserved almost all its windows of the period. Their rectangular frame is decorated with mouldings; the most important are divided by cruciform mullions. The great hall preserves a 15th-century fireplace with jambs adorned with small columns; a coat of arms decorates the centre of the mantelpiece adorned with mouldings. The chapel, in Renaissance style, preserves paintings on the vault in the form of a dome. This castle served as a pied-à-terre for Jean II Le Bon.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Pierreégliseunder 1 mi
- Deux grottes préhistoriques situées dans le domaine des Bernardssite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Château du Lonzatchâteau2 mi
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.