Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ferme-château de Saint-Moeurs
Villefranche-d'Allier, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 16 juin 1978
- Protection dates
- 1978/06/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- ferme, château
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Villefranche-d'Allier
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.40665, 2.81608
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093371
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, MunichDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Vaste ferme édifiée au 17e siècle sur l'emplacement d'une construction médiévale. Cet édifice se compose de quatre grands corps de bâtiments entourant une cour carrée que prolongent au sud deux ailes de communs délimitant une avant-cour ouverte. Le bâtiment fermant la cour côté sud présente un pavillon d'entrée et des tours latérales.
English translation
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History
Vast farm erected in the 17th century on the site of a medieval construction. This building is composed of four large ranges surrounding a square courtyard which extends to the south by two wings of outbuildings delimiting an open foreyard. The building closing the courtyard on the south side presents an entrance pavilion and lateral towers.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Neuvillechâteau1 mi
- Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeuréglise2 mi
- Château de la Vareinnechâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Martialéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.