Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de la Basse-Touligny
Touligny, Ardennes, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façade et toitures de l'aile d'entrée (aile nord) , pont d'entrée, parcelle A 250 correspondant à l'emplacement des anciennes douves (cad. A 250) : inscription par arrêté du 19 août 1998
- Protection dates
- 1998/08/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1652
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- la Basse Touligny
- Commune
- Touligny
- Département
- Ardennes
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.66718, 4.63885
- Mérimée reference
- PA08000003
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, MunichBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Construction du château achevée en 1652 (date figurant sur l'entrée du château). Au 19e siècle, modifications du château : destructions (1881) et augmentations (1881 et 1887) dans le but de le transformer en belle maison de campagne, c'est-à-dire : reconstruction de la tour carrée nord-est, destruction et reconstruction de l'aile est (communs) , destruction de l'aile sud, destruction de la façade sur cour de l'aile ouest et reconstruction (l'aile rénovée est plus haute que l'ancienne)... Actuellement, il abrite une exploitation agricole.
English translation
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History
Construction of the château completed in 1652 (date appearing on the entrance of the château). In the 19th century, modifications to the château: demolitions (1881) and additions (1881 and 1887) with the aim of transforming it into a fine country house, that is: reconstruction of the north-east square tower, demolition and reconstruction of the east wing (outbuildings), demolition of the south wing, demolition of the courtyard façade of the west wing and reconstruction (the renovated wing is higher than the old one)... Currently, it houses an agricultural operation.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.