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Château de Saix

Péronnas, Ain, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château de Saix (cad. C 24) : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1987
Protection dates
1987/06/09 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Péronnas
Département
Ain
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.16467, 5.22365
Mérimée reference
PA00116448

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Description du Pais de Bresse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'édifice témoigne de ce qu'était un château aux confins de la Dombes et de la Bresse entre le 13e et le 16e siècle. La partie la plus ancienne comprend cheminées monumentales, portes à arcs en accolade, planchers à poutraisons apparentes, muraille défensive en briques anciennes surmontée d'un ancien chemin de ronde. L'édifice actuel se compose d'un grand corps de logis adossé au rempart et flanqué d'une grosse tour carrée qui semble contemporaine du rempart. L'aile construite au milieu du 19e siècle est représentative d'un type d'architecture bourgeoise de l'époque.

English translation

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The building bears witness to what a castle was like at the borders of the Dombes and Bresse between the 13th and 16th centuries. The oldest part comprises monumental fireplaces, doors with accolade arches, floors with exposed beams, defensive wall in old brick surmounted by an old wall walk. The current building consists of a large main dwelling backed against the rampart and flanked by a large square tower which appears contemporary with the rampart. The wing built in the middle of the 19th century is representative of a type of bourgeois architecture of the period.

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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