Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Coulon
Mouron-sur-Yonne, Nièvre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement, classé MH partiellement, protection totale
- Extent of protection
- Le château, les communs, le colombier, le parc, le portail, les terrasses et bassins, le pressoir, en totalité (cad. B 81 à 86, 89, 90, 337, 339) : inscription par arrêté du 6 juin 2002 - L'ancienne salle dite "des commandements" (cad. B 84) : classement par arrêté du 24 mars 2003
- Protection dates
- 2002/06/06 : inscrit MH, 2003/03/24 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Mouron-sur-Yonne
- Département
- Nièvre
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.20405, 3.73957
- Mérimée reference
- PA58000021
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 9: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château reconstruit après la guerre de Cent ans sur les bases d'un édifice médiéval. Au 16e siècle, il est l'un des foyers les plus importants du calvinisme. L'édifice a conservé son plan, ses dispositions, les traces d'un jardin. Une aile des communs a disparu. Pressoir daté de 1776.
English translation
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History
Château rebuilt after the Hundred Years' War on the bases of a medieval building. In the 16th century, it is one of the most important centres of Calvinism. The building has preserved its plan, its dispositions, traces of a garden. A wing of outbuildings has disappeared. Cider press dated 1776.
Nearby in the register
- Manoir de la Chaumemanoir2 mi
- Tour Vaubanmaison forte2 mi
- Château de Marcillychâteau2 mi
- Château de Lantillychâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.