Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Mortillon
Coulanges, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le château en totalité, y compris ses intérieurs avec leurs décors et le sol des parcelles B 449 à 451 : inscription par arrêté du 9 mars 2010
- Protection dates
- 2010/03/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 1ère moitié 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Coulanges
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.47663, 3.89087
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093071
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IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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
Le château de Mortillon est à l'origine un manoir féodal dont la motte est encore visible dans le pré, à l'est du château. Le remaniement de l'ancien édifice fut engagé au début du 16ème siècle. Le corps de logis, de plan rectangulaire, à deux niveaux, fut l'objet de premières transformations au 17ème siècle mais il convient de noter que la restauration de la toiture est d'époque récente. Deux grosses tours rondes, vestiges de la maison forte du 15ème siècle, ont cependant été conservées, en façade du bâtiment. Faiblement éclairées de modestes ouvertures, elles se distinguent par leurs toits coniques élancés.
English translation
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History
The château of Mortillon is originally a feudal manor of which the motte is still visible in the meadow, to the east of the château. The alteration of the former building was begun in the early 16th century. The main dwelling, of rectangular plan, at two levels, was the subject of first transformations in the 17th century but it should be noted that the restoration of the roof is of recent date. Two large round towers, vestiges of the fortified house of the 15th century, have nevertheless been preserved, on the facade of the building. Poorly lit by modest openings, they are distinguished by their pointed conical roofs.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.