Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Azay-le-Rideau, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Le château, son parc et ses dépendances (cad. BC 253, 254, 277, 278, 282 à 285, 466, 523 ; AR 1, 3, 140, 143) : classement par journal officiel du 18 avril 1914
- Protection dates
- 1914/04/18 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1529
- Architect or builder
- Rousseau Etienne (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Commune
- Azay-le-Rideau
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.25895, 0.46560
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097546
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
En 1355, le donjon de Hugues Rideau est brûlé par les Anglais. Gilles Berthelot le fait raser pour édifier, sur cet emplacement, le bâtiment actuel, qui aurait été construit par l'architecte Etienne Rousseau, de 1518 à 1529. Restaurations au 19e siècle. Le château a été acquis par l'Etat le 11 août 1905.
English translation
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History
In 1355, the keep of Hugues Rideau was burned by the English. Gilles Berthelot had it razed to build, on this site, the present building, which is said to have been constructed by the architect Etienne Rousseau, from 1518 to 1529. Restorations in the 19th century. The castle was acquired by the State on 11 August 1905.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Symphorienégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Chénierschâteau1 mi
- Château de l'Islettechâteau2 mi
- Château de la Chatonnièrechâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.