Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Sainte-Hermine
Sainte-Hermine, Vendée, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le château en totalité, y compris la tour en éperon de la fin du 13e siècle (cad. AC 111 : château, 108 : tour) : inscription par arrêté du 17 février 2005
- Protection dates
- 2005/02/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 13e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Sainte-Hermine
- Département
- Vendée
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.55820, -1.05703
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110240
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancien château-fort du 15e siècle, reconstruit au début du 17e pour l'un des principaux seigneurs huguenots de la région. Malgré les transformations du 19e siècle, l'intérieur conserve des aménagements et des décors peints du début du 17e siècle.
English translation
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History
Old fortress of the 15th century, rebuilt in the early 17th century for one of the principal Huguenot lords of the region. Despite the transformations of the 19th century, the interior retains fittings and painted decorations of the early 17th century.
Nearby in the register
- Église Notre-Dame et ancien ossuaireégliseunder 1 mi
- Marché couvertmarchéunder 1 mi
- Temple protestanttempleunder 1 mi
- Monument à Georges Clemenceaumonumentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.