Chateau de saumur
Rue des Remparts, 49400 Saumur
- Maine-et-Loire
- Pays de la Loire
When it entered the prerogative of the dukes of Anjou, related to the crown of France in 1360, the former keep XII° embedded in its enclosure was almost completely destroyed to be transformed into a pleasure home by Louis d'Anjou (end XIV°), then by King René (1454 -1472\. Reinforced by an important bastioned enclosure shortly after the Edict of Nantes (1598), it served as barracks, then prison from XVII° to XIX° and underwent very mutilating reshuffs. Above the remains of the old castle XIII° (visible at the base of the towers and at the lower level of the courtyard), architecture and ornamentation are here at the peak of the finishing Gothic: lightening of the four corner towers (octagonal shape, buttresses veneered with edges, large openings), refined decoration of a great richness (openwork railings, inner sculpture), of which only a miniature of the Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry gives the overall image. M.O Mandy. (2002).
Tags
Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique
Access
Parking lot (free 60 meters (cars and cars)) Bus (urban service) Train station served (train station 3.2 kilometers)
