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Ancien prieuré Saint-Thomas

Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures ; la fuye (cad. GC 61) : inscription par arrêté du 14 septembre 1949
Protection dates
1949/09/14 : inscrit MH
Type
prieuré
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
route de Montrichard ; 47 avenue Léonard-de-Vinci
Commune
Amboise
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.40781, 0.99043
Mérimée reference
PA00097521

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le prieuré fut fondé en 1107 par Hugues 1er d'Amboise, qui le donna peu de temps après à l'abbaye de Pont-Leroy. Ce prieuré constituait un fief qui relevait du château d'Amboise. Le bâtiment du 16e siècle ici concerné était une dépendance du prieuré, sans doute le logis du prieur. Il est, avec la fuye, le seul vestige complet du couvent. Le logis se compose de deux corps de bâtiments, avec fenêtres à croisées de pierre. Le second bâtiment présente une façade nord supérieure construite en bois et hourdis. La fuye, construite en brique, est carrée extérieurement et octogonale à l'intérieur.

English translation

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The priory was founded in 1107 by Hugues I of Amboise, who gave it shortly after to the abbey of Pont-Leroy. This priory constituted a fief which fell under the castle of Amboise. The 16th century building here in question was a dependency of the priory, no doubt the lodging of the prior. It is, with the dovecote, the only complete vestige of the convent. The lodging is composed of two building blocks, with windows of stone cross-openings. The second building presents a superior north façade built of timber and rubble infill. The dovecote, built of brick, is square externally and octagonal internally.

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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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