Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Sanzay
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château, y compris les portails et la fuye (cad. AM 60) : inscription par arrêté du 28 octobre 1985
- Protection dates
- 1985/10/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.06527, -0.18679
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101354
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'existence du château est mentionnée dès 810. L'édifice fut à deux reprises détruit par les Anglais (12e et 14e siècle), puis reconstruit au 15e siècle. En 1793, le château fut incendié et les biens confisqués. L'édifice est entouré de larges douves en eau. L'ensemble est constitué de nombreux bâtiments disparates, décrivant un plan irrégulier en amande, qui encadrent une cour plane sensiblement pentagonale. La pierre siliceuse rose-rouge, abondante dans la région, fut utilisée pour édificer les parties anciennes, ainsi que le granit local gris bleuté.
English translation
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History
The existence of the castle is mentioned as early as 810. The building was destroyed twice by the English (12th and 14th century), then rebuilt in the 15th century. In 1793, the castle was burned and the property confiscated. The building is surrounded by broad water-filled moats. The ensemble consists of numerous disparate buildings, describing an irregular almond-shaped plan, which enclose a flat substantially pentagonal courtyard. The pink-red siliceous stone, abundant in the region, was used to build the old parts, as well as the local greyish-blue granite.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Martinéglise1 mi
- Château de Baugéchâteau1 mi
- Ancien pont de Taizonpont2 mi
- Ancienne commanderie de Praillescommanderie3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.