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Château de Renay

Renay, Loir-et-Cher, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures de la tour et du bâtiment du 15s (cad. C 51) : inscription par arrêté du 15 juillet 1971
Protection dates
1971/07/15 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Renay
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.84178, 1.16545
Mérimée reference
PA00098548

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le fief dépendait de l'abbaye de la Trinité de Vendôme. Au nord-ouest du château se trouve une grosse tour circulaire du 15e siècle. A l'ouest et à l'extérieur, deux lignes d'étroites ouvertures de cette tour ont été ouvertes et ornementées à la Renaissance. Contigu à cette tour et faisant équerre, se trouve un mince bâtiment qui servait d'amorce au mur d'enceinte encadrant le plan carré. Le château du 17e siècle est un quadrilatère dont la façade extérieure au sud revient aux deux extrémités en deux pavillons.

English translation

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The fief was dependent on the abbey of the Trinity of Vendôme. To the north-west of the castle is found a large circular tower of the 15th century. To the west and outside, two lines of narrow openings of this tower were opened and ornamented in the Renaissance. Adjoining this tower and forming a right angle, is found a slender building which served as the beginning of the enclosing wall framing the square plan. The 17th century castle is a quadrilateral whose outer façade to the south returns at both ends in two pavilions.

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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