Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Contay
Contay, Somme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les façades et toitures (cad. AB 44) : inscription par arrêté du 15 novembre 2010
- Protection dates
- 2010/11/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Contay
- Département
- Somme
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 50.00608, 2.48040
- Mérimée reference
- PA80000070
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1677 map "Geographica Artesiae Comitatus tabula / per Nicolaum Visscher edita" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château de Contay est un bel exemple de l'architecture du milieu du 18ème siècle, sobre et élégante. Peu modifiés au cours des siècles, le château, le colombier et les communs, en pierres blanches et ardoises, confèrent cohérence à l'ensemble du domaine. La cour d'honneur et surtout le parc offrent de belles vues sur le château.
English translation
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History
The château de Contay is a fine example of architecture of the mid-18th century, sober and elegant. Little modified over the centuries, the château, the dovecot and the outbuildings, in white stone and slate, confer coherence on the whole of the estate. The courtyard of honour and especially the park offer fine views of the château.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Menhir dit la Pierre d'Oblicampmenhir1 mi
- Motte féodalesite archéologique2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.