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Ancien château des Archevêques

Artannes-sur-Indre, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. 2001 E2 740) : inscription par arrêté du 14 septembre 1949
Protection dates
1949/09/14 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
2e moitié 15e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Artannes-sur-Indre
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.27286, 0.60054
Mérimée reference
PA00097530

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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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Le domaine d'Artannes relevait du roi à cause du château de Tours, et appartenait aux archevêques de cette ville. La châtellenie fut élevée en baronnie par Henri II Plantagenet en 1180. Confisqué à la Révolution, le château fut vendu et appartient, depuis, à des laïcs. £L'édifice se compose d'un bâtiment principal avec rez-de-chaussée, un étage et un comble ; et d'une aile en retour d'équerre dont le rez-de-chaussée est traversé par un passage reliant la cour d'honneur à une petite cour nord. La porte fermant le passage au nord est surmontée d'une accolade à fleuron et crochets. Aux angles nord et sud font saillie deux tours cylindriques. La façade ouest du bâtiment principal est accompagnée de deux tours polygonales. Sur cette façade, côté sud, fait saillie un petit bâtiment autrefois chapelle.

English translation

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The domain of Artannes was held from the king by reason of the château of Tours, and belonged to the archbishops of that city. The castellany was elevated to a barony by Henri II Plantagenet in 1180. Confiscated at the Revolution, the château was sold and has since belonged to lay persons. The building is composed of a main building with ground floor, one storey and roof space; and a wing at right angles of which the ground floor is crossed by a passage connecting the honour courtyard to a small north courtyard. The door closing the passage to the north is surmounted by an ogee with finial and crockets. At the north and south corners project two cylindrical towers. The west façade of the main building is accompanied by two polygonal towers. On this façade, on the south side, projects a small building formerly a chapel.

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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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