Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Rochebrune
Etagnac, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures du château et des communs ; douves (cad. A 276, 276bis) : inscription par arrêté du 24 juin 1959
- Protection dates
- 1959/06/24 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Etagnac
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.89670, 0.78729
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104364
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IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La position de Rochebrune a été occupée par une forteresse d'une importance secondaire dès le début de la féodalité. L'édifice se compose de trois ailes de bâtiments entourant la cour d'honneur. De grosses tours cylindriques flanquent les angles. Elles ont été attribuées par certains aux 11e et 13e siècles. Peut-être à cette époque y eut-il à leur place des ouvrages fortifiés. Dans leur apparence actuelle, elles se rapprochent davantage du 16e siècle. L'entrée se fait par un portail plein cintre et deux petites portes.
English translation
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History
The position of Rochebrune was occupied by a fortress of secondary importance from the beginning of feudalism. The building consists of three wings of buildings surrounding the courtyard of honour. Large cylindrical towers flank the angles. They have been attributed by some to the 11th and 13th centuries. Perhaps at that time there were fortified works in their place. In their present appearance, they are closer to the 16th century. Entry is made through a round arch portal and two small doors.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.