Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Burlande
Villiers, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Ancienne poterne (cad. F 19) : inscription par arrêté du 29 octobre 1968
- Protection dates
- 1968/10/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Villiers
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.86406, 1.20662
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097487
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 — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Du château, il subsiste la poterne qui donnait accès à la cour intérieure, le pigeonnier avec ses cases. En bordure des anciennes douves se trouve un bâtiment avec fenêtres à meneaux. Selon la tradition, Agnès Sorel y serait née. Le puits du château existe encore. Des bâtiments plus récents se sont ajoutés aux vestiges.
English translation
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History
Of the castle, there remain the postern gate which gave access to the inner courtyard, the dovecote with its compartments. Bordering the old moats is a building with mullioned windows. According to tradition, Agnès Sorel was born there. The castle well still exists. More recent buildings have been added to the remains.
Nearby in the register
- Métairie de l'Ebeaupinferme1 mi
- église Saint-Étienneéglise3 mi
- Porteporte3 mi
- Ancien châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.