Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Richemont
Villette-sur-Ain, Ain, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Richemont : inscription par arrêté du 9 mars 1927
- Protection dates
- 1927/03/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Villette-sur-Ain
- Département
- Ain
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.00933, 5.27151
- Mérimée reference
- PA00116596
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 1632 map "Description du Pais de Bresse." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château édifié au 13e siècle. En 1595, l'édifice est saccagé par les troupes du Maréchal de Biron. En 1840, un incendie détruisit les dépendances du château. En 1947, les toitures sont endommagées par un autre incendie. Le château fort, dont il reste les quatre tours d'angle, avait à l'origine un plan carré qui a été réduit à deux ailes en équerre.
English translation
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History
Château built in the 13th century. In 1595, the building was sacked by the troops of the Marshal of Biron. In 1840, a fire destroyed the château's outbuildings. In 1947, the roofs were damaged by another fire. The fortress, of which the four corner towers remain, originally had a square plan which was reduced to two wings at right angles.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseéglise1 mi
- Château de Varambonchâteau3 mi
- Bastide de Gironville dite Fort Sarrazinfort3 mi
- Église Sainte-Madeleineéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.