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Château de la Forêt

Ygrande, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Partie subsistante du chemin de ronde avec sa tour (cad. D 149) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1981
Protection dates
1981/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Commune
Ygrande
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.53922, 2.95326
Mérimée reference
PA00093374

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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

Bâtisse du 19e siècle ayant remplacé un édifice médiéval dont il ne subsiste des fortifications qu'une tour et un mur la reliant au château. Ce mur comporte un chemin de ronde. Cette tour circulaire, datable du 15e siècle, est percée d'une porte et d'une meurtrière au sol, d'une porte de communication avec le chemin de ronde et d'une baie en plein cintre à l'étage.

English translation

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Building of the 19th century having replaced a medieval building of which there remain from the fortifications only a tower and a wall connecting it to the castle. This wall includes a hoarding. This circular tower, datable to the 15th century, is pierced with a door and a murder-hole at ground level, a communicating door with the hoarding and a round-arch opening at the storey above.

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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