Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Château-Larcher, Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement, inscrit MH partiellement, protection totale
- Extent of protection
- La poterne comprise dans les ruines : classement par arrêté du 6 janvier 1912 - Les restes du château, à l'exception de la poterne classée : inscription par arrêté du 18 février 1927
- Protection dates
- 1912/01/06 : classé MH, 1927/02/18 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Château-Larcher
- Département
- Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.41683, 0.31333
- Mérimée reference
- PA00105391
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The County of Pictavia. Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les restes du château consistent en une enceinte percée d'une porte flanquée de deux tours, et un ensemble qui constituait le donjon.
English translation
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History
The remains of the castle consist of an enclosure pierced by a gate flanked by two towers, and an ensemble that formed the keep.
Nearby in the register
- Église Notre-Dameégliseunder 1 mi
- Manoirmanoirunder 1 mi
- Lanterne des Mortslanterne des mortsunder 1 mi
- Dolmen d'Arlait Bdolmenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.