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Château

Chémery, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château : inscription par arrêté du 6 janvier 1926
Protection dates
1926/01/06 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
1er siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Chémery
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.34516, 1.48026
Mérimée reference
PA00098412

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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

Le château se compose d'une cour presque carrée, entourée de douves sur trois côtés. Le pont-levis aboutit à une porte fortifiée, défendue par des mâchicoulis et une tourelle en encorbellement rajoutée au 15e siècle. En pénétrant dans la cour, sur la gauche, se trouvent les restes des constructions du 13e siècle, dont un rez-de-chaussée servant de grande salle à manger avec une cheminée conservant des traces de peinture. L'accès au premier étage se fait par un escalier contenu dans une tour. A droite de l'entrée, reliées par une galerie de bois aux bâtiments du 13e siècle, se trouvent les constructions plus importantes du 15e siècle, avec remaniements au 16e siècle.

English translation

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The château consists of an almost square courtyard, surrounded by moats on three sides. The drawbridge leads to a fortified door, defended by machicolations and a corbelled turret added in the 15th century. On entering the courtyard, on the left, are found the remains of 13th-century constructions, including a ground floor serving as a great dining hall with a fireplace preserving traces of paint. Access to the first floor is by a staircase contained in a tower. To the right of the entrance, connected by a timber gallery to the 13th-century buildings, are found the more substantial 15th-century constructions, with alterations in the 16th century.

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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