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Pavillon dit des Ducs

Buzançais, Indre, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures (cad. AZ 12) : inscription par arrêté du 8 mars 1995
Protection dates
1995/03/08 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Later work
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
4 place du Général-de-Gaulle
Commune
Buzançais
Département
Indre
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.88850, 1.42489
Mérimée reference
PA00135294

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Dépendance et seul élément subsistant du Château-Neuf, construit à partir de 1533 par Philippe Chabot, comte de Buzançais. Pavillon du 16e siècle, modifié aux 18e et 19e siècles. Cette dépendance du château s'élevait à l'intérieur de l'enclos seigneurial, sur le côté Est de la grande cour intérieure. L'affectation précise de cet édifice est inconnue. L'édifice se présente comme un pavillon rectangulaire desservi par un escalier en vis logé dans une tour hors-oeuvre.

English translation

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Dependency and sole remaining element of the Château-Neuf, built from 1533 by Philippe Chabot, count of Buzançais. Pavilion of the 16th century, modified in the 18th and 19th centuries. This dependency of the castle was situated within the seigniorial enclosure, on the East side of the great inner courtyard. The precise purpose of this building is unknown. The building presents itself as a rectangular pavilion served by a spiral staircase housed in a projecting tower.

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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