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17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed
Setembre 2022
Dissabte 17
09:00 - 18:00
Diumenge 18
09:00 - 18:00

Château La Grand'Cour

Route de Nevers, 18350 Mornay-Berry
  • Cher
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Guided tour

Guided tour on the history of the construction, the architecture and the evolution of the buildings. Also enjoy a walk to the gardens, the vegetable garden and the ancient games present on the site
17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed
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Château La Grand'Cour
Route de Nevers, 18350 Mornay-Berry
  • Cher
  • Centre-Val de Loire
Built at the end of the 13th century, shortly before the Hundred Years' War, it is a rare yet demonstrative example of a "fortress-shell" with its polygonal enclosure and keep-door. Its water moat, its rocking bridge and its darkening illustrate its protective role of a small seigneury against the brigands and mercenaries of armies of all sides, whether French or English or Burgundian. In the fifteenth century a floor was added and a staircase had to be created, sheltered in a round turret supported by the initial massive keep: this exceptional juxtaposition is one of the architectural originalities of the site. In the center of the medieval clod, a farmhouse was built in the eighteenth century on the ruins of the manor house which had burned down in the sixteenth century. Today, its green setting and the pleasure of its gardens flowered with ancient roses, make it a place of tranquility conducive to games between the hedges or to romantic reverie in its alcoves of charmilles. The Gran
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Monument historique, Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine i Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire
Acceso
D12, at the exit of Mornay-Berry towards Jouet-sur-l'Aubois, Menetou-Couture
La Grand'cour