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Château de Sassay

Ligré, 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 toitures ; la fuye (cad. B 6, 7, 9) : inscription par arrêté du 27 juin 1962
Protection dates
1962/06/27 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Sassay
Commune
Ligré
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.11061, 0.24623
Mérimée reference
PA00097807

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Dvkedome of Turone. Touraine. Tvronensis Ducatus" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Fief relevant de Chinon. Le château se compose d'un bâtiment d'habitation du 16e siècle sur la façade duquel fait saillie une tour polygonale d'escalier. Un pavillon du 16e siècle, adjacent au pignon ouest du précédent, est percé à son rez-de-chaussée d'un couloir d'accès à la cour, et accompagné à ses angles nord-ouest et nord-est de tourelles en encorbellement. A l'ouest, un pavillon presque carré est construit de biais par rapport aux façades des deux précédents édifices. Un long bâtiment formant aile perpendiculaire à la façade sud du bâtiment principal, date du 17e siècle et aboutit à une autre aile très courte, en retour d'équerre. Une fuye cylindrique du 16e siècle complète l'ensemble.

English translation

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Fief falling under Chinon. The castle is composed of a 16th century dwelling building on whose façade projects a polygonal stair tower. A 16th century pavilion, adjacent to the west gable of the preceding one, is pierced at its ground floor by a corridor providing access to the courtyard, and accompanied at its north-west and north-east angles by corbelled turrets. To the west, an almost square pavilion is built at an angle to the façades of the two preceding buildings. A long building forming a wing perpendicular to the south façade of the main building dates from the 17th century and ends in another very short wing, in return. A cylindrical 16th century dovecote completes the whole.

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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