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Tour de Mauvières

Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Tour de Mauvières (cad. BH 91) : classement par arrêté du 2 février 1926
Protection dates
1926/02/02 : classé MH
Type
édifice fortifié
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue des Carriers
Commune
Loches
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.11196, 0.99982
Mérimée reference
PA00097833

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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

La ville qui s'étendait à l'ouest, au pied du château, était défendue par une enceinte flanquée de tours et percée de quatre portes dont seules deux subsistent.

English translation

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The town which extended to the west, at the foot of the château, was defended by an enclosure flanked by towers and pierced by four doors of which only two remain.

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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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