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Château de Marguerite de Bourgogne

Couches, Saône-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le château en totalité, y compris les souterrains (cad. E 834) : inscription par arrêté du 18 juillet 2009, modifiant l'arrêté du 12 septembre 1996
Protection dates
1996/09/12 : inscrit MH, 2009/07/18 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Commune
Couches
Département
Saône-et-Loire
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.86284, 4.58698
Mérimée reference
PA00113248

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "84 Autun." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Demeure fortifiée médiévale édifiée et agrandie du 12e au 15e siècle. Château démantelé au 17e siècle. Dans la seconde moitié du 19e siècle, construction d'un corps de logis dans le style néo-gothique.

English translation

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Medieval fortified dwelling erected and enlarged from the 12th to the 15th century. Castle dismantled in the 17th century. In the second half of the 19th century, construction of a main dwelling in the neo-Gothic style.

Nearby in the register

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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