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Château de Chassagnes

Les Vans, Ardèche, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le château façades et toitures, ses communs façades et toitures, son système hydraulique et les parcelles sur lesquelles ils se trouvent (cad. A 637, 638, lieudit Chassagnes) : inscription par arrêté du 17 décembre 2007
Protection dates
2007/12/17 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Lieu-dit
Chassagnes
Commune
Les Vans
Département
Ardèche
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.41153, 4.16774
Mérimée reference
PA07000014

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "90 Viviers." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Un donjon devait exister jusqu'à la fin du 14e siècle. Un changement de résidence est attesté au milieu du 16e siècle. Au 17e siècle, des tourelles sont ajoutées au donjon. Au 19e siècle, cloisonnement intérieur et percement de baies. Vers 1938, aménagement du jardinet de la terrasse qui conserve les restes d'un ancien système hydraulique.

English translation

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A keep must have existed until the end of the 14th century. A change of residence is attested in the middle of the 16th century. In the 17th century, turrets are added to the keep. In the 19th century, internal partitioning and opening of bays. Around 1938, development of the small terrace garden which preserves the remains of an old hydraulic system.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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