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Château du Val d'Auray (ou d'Aulnay)

Azay-le-Rideau, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château du Val d'Auray (cad. BO) : inscription par arrêté du 12 octobre 1942
Protection dates
1942/10/12 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
route de la Vallée du Lys
Commune
Azay-le-Rideau
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.25556, 0.52423
Mérimée reference
PA00097548

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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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Construction du 16e siècle dont les angles portent des tourelles en encorbellement. Le rez-de-chaussée s'ouvre par un petit portail. Le premier étage est percé de sept baies semblables.

English translation

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Construction of the 16th century whose angles bear corbelled turrets. The ground floor opens through a small doorway. The first floor is pierced by seven similar openings.

Nearby in the register

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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