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Maison-forte de Chaudenay

Faverdines, Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Bâtiments actuels en ruine et leur environnement (cad. A1 65, 66, 70) : inscription par arrêté du 21 août 1987
Protection dates
1987/08/21 : inscrit MH
Type
maison forte
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Chaudenay
Commune
Faverdines
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.65254, 2.48531
Mérimée reference
PA00096799

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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

Important site médiéval, occupé de manière continue du 11e au 18e siècles. Sa structure est caractéristique d'une petite seigneurie du Boischaut et témoigne de l'ultime phase d'évolution d'un site médiéval fortifié. En 1985, une fouille mettait en évidence une structure d'enclos. Le micro relief étudié délimite sans doute une basse-cour de la maison-forte. La plateforme de la maison-forte, obtenue par aménagement du relief naturel, est parfaitement conservée au nord.

English translation

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Important medieval site, continuously occupied from the 11th to the 18th centuries. Its structure is characteristic of a small seigneury of Boischaut and testifies to the ultimate phase of evolution of a fortified medieval site. In 1985, an excavation brought to light an enclosure structure. The micro relief studied no doubt delimits a lower courtyard of the main dwelling-house. The platform of the main dwelling-house, obtained by modification of the natural relief, is perfectly preserved to the north.

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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