Guided tour of the old tower of defense of the castle and its dovecote

Name: Visita guiada a la antigua torre de defensa del castillo y su palomar
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château

Come and discover the large corner tower built in 1684\. It is composed of a guard room with fire mouths, vaulted on a cross of warheads and a dovecote with cobblers.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©Mairie de Poissons

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About the location

Château

Rue Saint-Amand, 52230 Poissons

Haute-Marne
Grand Est

The castle of Pisces was surrounded with a wine-making property of the coteau of Pechere. A part(party) of this property was given by the knight Aubert de Poissons to the abbey of Saint urban in 1294\. In the old(former) building(ship) of the XVIth century, training(forming) main building, was added a wing in 1708 by Nicolas Maillot de Gevoncourt, intended(designed) for receptions. The visible(obvious) tours(towers,ballots) of angle today, go back up(raise) at the end of the XVIIth century, the presence of pieces of ordnance make tours(towers,ballots) of defence. The big(great) tower of angle, dated of 1684, contains a vaulted staff room of ogives at the ground floor and can of food in the floor a pigeon house with boulins, right(law) reserved for the Lord.