Guided tour of the exterior of the castle

Name: Guided tour of the exterior of the castle
Start: 2022-09-17T10:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Château de la Luzerne

visit of the exterior of the castle of Lucerne, listed in the additional inventory of historical monuments.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

2 euros, free entrance, guided tour every hour from 10.30 am

Laurent Goyard

The castle of Chambon la Forêt has an ancient origin. In 1403, it belonged to Jean d'Angeliers, lord of Chambon. In 1417, during the hundred-year war, it was fortified by the king’s supporters to form with Yèvres the Chastel, Courcelles and Mousseaux a band of advanced positions intended to protect Orléans against the English who had seized Etampes and Beaumont. After the destruction of the hundred-year war, and then of the religious wars, the castle was rebuilt in 1590. He belonged to the Count of Lucerne (1737-1799), minister of the Navy of Louis XVI, and to his brother, the cardinal of Lucerne, bishop of Langres (1738-1821). From its warrior past, it has retained two massive towers, but the architecture of the other facade where the brick dominates recalls that of the castles of Sologne.

About the location

Château de la Luzerne

Place de l'Eglise 45340 Chambon-la-Forêt

Loiret
Centre-Val de Loire

Rebuilt on medieval bases at the end of the XVIth century, the castle of Chambon was the seat(siege) of a powerful barony which passed(spent,crossed) big(great) families in the hands of several. The last Secretary of the navy of Louis XVI, the count of The Alfalfa, the owner of 1770 in Revolution was. Typical of the architecture of Androuet du Cerceau, the castle underwent only not enough modifications for the XVIth century, what gives it its character and its unity(unit). It is what also justified its registration(inscription) in conformance with(for) historic monuments. Surrounded with a small park, he(it) sits enthroned on a clod which surround(identify) the drained staves(moats), a river follows them.