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Restes de l'ancien château

Naves, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château : inscription par arrêté du 12 janvier 1931
Protection dates
1931/01/12 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Naves
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.17478, 3.11016
Mérimée reference
PA00093239

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ruines d'une ancienne forteresse que la légende locale attribue à Jacques Coeur. dont les armoiries étaient visibles sur une porte ogivale disparue. D'après la tradition, le château aurait été reconstruit en 1424.

English translation

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Ruins of an old fortress which local legend attributes to Jacques Coeur, whose coats of arms were visible on an ogival door now disappeared. According to tradition, the castle would have been rebuilt in 1424.

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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