Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Mazières
Tendu, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Donjon ; tour circulaire qui flanque la façade Ouest du corps de logis ; sol correspondant à l'ancienne assiette foncière du château (cad. E 148, 149) : inscription par arrêté du 5 avril 1988
- Protection dates
- 1988/04/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Tendu
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.63560, 1.57833
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097472
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity 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
Seigneurie remontant au 12e siècle au moins (construction du donjon). Au 14e siècle, on ajoute les tourelles d'encorbellement. La chapelle fut détruite sous la Révolution. Le donjon du 12e siècle faisait partie d'un système défensif comprenant sept tours et une chapelle. Le donjon carré est surmonté de quatre tourelles en encorbellement. L'intérieur, détruit, possédait des cheminées du 15e siècle.
English translation
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History
Seigneury dating back to at least the 12th century (construction of the keep). In the 14th century, corbelled turrets are added. The chapel was destroyed during the Revolution. The 12th century keep formed part of a defensive system comprising seven towers and a chapel. The square keep is surmounted by four corbelled turrets. The interior, destroyed, had 15th century fireplaces.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Prungetchâteauunder 1 mi
- Pont couvert en boispont3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.