Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour du Bost
Charmoy, Saône-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Donjon ; chemise et sol de la parcelle qui entoure le donjon (cad. AL 78) : classement par arrêté du 14 novembre 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/11/14 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Charmoy
- Département
- Saône-et-Loire
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.78177, 4.33717
- Mérimée reference
- PA00135235
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 1759 map "85 Chalon-sur-Saone." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ouvrage de défense, mais aussi bâtiment d'habitation, ce type de construction est unique en Bourgogne et rare en France. Donjon quadrangulaire haut de 43 mètres, dont les trois premiers étages datent peut-être du 12e siècle, les trois suivants du 14e siècle.
English translation
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History
A work of defence, but also a dwelling building, this type of construction is unique in Burgundy and rare in France. Quadrangular keep 43 metres high, of which the three first storeys perhaps date from the 12th century, the three following from the 14th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.