Discover the castle of the Authon lineage

Name: Discover the castle of the Authon lineage
Start: 2022-09-17T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Château d'Authon

This guided tour of the castle of Authon Ébéon, located in the heart of the Charente-Maritime, takes you on a journey through history.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free -18 years. Free entrance.

Registration

05 46 25 05 40

©Château Authon

This guided tour of the castle of Authon Ébéon, located in the heart of the Charente-Maritime, takes you on a journey through history.

The Authon lineage, whose châtellenie is attested from the twelfth century, is affirmed during the Middle Ages as one of the most influential families of Saintonge. The seigneurial home was raised in 1607 by Seguin d'Authon, king’s adviser and seneschal of Saintonge, while the family of Authon was at its peak, its authority extending to the island of Oléron.
The castle is built on a terrace surrounded by moats fed with water by a diversion of the river Dandelot. It has been the object of numerous destructions and restorations and it is Marcelin Normand d'Authon who is at the origin of the most striking transformations. The Graveline tower and the entrance door to the seigneurial residence were added to the Supplementary Inventory of Historical Monuments in 1972. The surroundings of the castle and the Guignebourg mill were then classified by the Ministry of the Environment in 1993.
Inside, you will not fail to discover the 16th century tower, ancient horse-drawn carriages. Outside, you will discover an English-style park, a French courtyard and the rose garden.

About the location

Château d'Authon

3 rue du château, 17770 Authon-Ébéon

Charente-Maritime
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The castle of Authon is the seat(siege) of a barony which has belonged for a long time to the family of the same name, one of the most old(former) families of Saintonge. The current castle, surrounded with staves(moats) fed by Dandelot, was partly rebuilt in 1607\. He(It) also made the object, between 1865 and the end of the XIXth century, of important works of restoration(catering) and of transformation(processing) (reconstruction of stables, plantation of the English-style park) as well as of demolition of several buildings(ships). Today, only remain(subsist) the detached house(flag) of angle (1607) adorned of interesting sculpted small windows and a beautiful door with front wall(pediment) and the entry porch and the tower of the guards(nurses) of the previous castle. In the middle of an English-style park, the castle dating the XVIth and XVIIth centuries, is surrounded with staves(moats) in water. In the courtyard, a French-style garden allows to discover a rose garden. A little farther, the kitchen garden allows to pursue visit.