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Château de Pennevayre

Verneuil-sur-Vienne, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et toitures et les cheminées intérieures (cad. AB 92) : inscription par arrêté du 22 décembre 1975
Protection dates
1975/12/22 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Verneuil-sur-Vienne
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.84776, 1.12735
Mérimée reference
PA00100507

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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En 1463, Louis XI se rend au château lors de son déplacement de Limoges à Saint-Junien, y soupant et couchant. Une famille est connue depuis 1212. Le plan présente un corps de logis encadré de deux pavillons au nord et une aile en retour à l'ouest. Cette dernière se terminait autrefois par une tour ronde. Des arrachements se voient encore. La toiture du pavillon Est a été abaissée par économie lors d'une réfection vers 1955. Le château a conservé son unité d'édifice remanié au 16e siècle. A l'intérieur, la chambre dite de Louis XI conserve une cheminée du 15e siècle. Deux salles du 16e siècle conservent des poutres moulurées sculptées de motifs de cuirs, sans doute peints à l'origine.

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In 1463, Louis XI went to the castle during his journey from Limoges to Saint-Junien, dining and sleeping there. A family is known from 1212. The plan presents a dwelling body flanked by two pavilions to the north and a wing in return to the west. The latter formerly ended in a round tower. Traces of its removal can still be seen. The roof of the East pavilion was lowered for economy during a repair around 1955. The castle has retained its unity as a building remodelled in the 16th century. Interior-wise, the room known as Louis XI's preserves a 15th-century fireplace. Two 16th-century rooms preserve moulded beams sculpted with leather motifs, no doubt originally painted.

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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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