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Château

Berzy-le-Sec, Aisne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Restes du château, fossés adjacents et cour intérieure : classement par décret du 13 juillet 1926
Protection dates
1926/07/13 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle, Fin du Moyen Age, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Berzy-le-Sec
Département
Aisne
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.33319, 3.31164
Mérimée reference
PA00115528

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "44 Soissons." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Bâti sur l'endroit même de la carrière, ce château était le manoir des vicomtes de Berzy. Au 14e-15e siècle : châtelet d'entrée à porte à bascule, surmonté d'un mâchicoulis et encadré de deux échauguettes. Au 16e siècle : chapelle, curieusement implantée dans le fossé du château.

English translation

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Built on the very site of the quarry, this castle was the manor of the viscounts of Berzy. In the 14th-15th century: entrance barbican with bascule gate, surmounted by machicolations and flanked by two watch-turrets. In the 16th century: chapel, curiously located in the moat of the castle.

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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