Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Sarzay, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château : classement par arrêté du 29 janvier 1912
- Protection dates
- 1912/01/29 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Sarzay
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.60051, 1.90640
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097467
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1707 map "La Province de Berry. La Generalite de Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Construction de la fin du 15e siècle ou du début du 16e, formant un rectangle flanqué, à chaque angle, d'une tour ronde. Chaque pièce possède, en guise d'annexe, une petite chambre hexagonale située dans les tours d'angle. Une tourelle d'escalier, sur la façade, dessert directement à chaque étage les deux grandes pièces.
English translation
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History
Construction of the late 15th century or early 16th century, forming a rectangle flanked, at each angle, by a round tower. Each room has, as an annex, a small hexagonal chamber situated in the corner towers. A staircase turret, on the façade, serves directly at each floor the two large rooms.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.