Discovery of the restoration site of the Castle

Name: Discovery of the restoration site of the Castle
Start: 2020-09-19T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2020-09-20T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Meauce

Guided tour of the exterior and interior. Wooden games, expos, refreshment bar

19 and 20 September 2020Passed

Conditions

Limited number of indoor visits

Droits : association chateau de Meauce

Since 2017, important restoration works save from the danger announced, this castle, one of the oldest of the Nivernais (first mention of the 5th century).
The castle is located in a remarkable landscape, on the natural site of the Bec d'Allier and in the Natura 2000 zone where many species of birds typical of the Val d'Allier nest.

About the location

Château de Meauce

58470 Meauce

Nièvre
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The castle of Meauce: it is a unique architecture, but also an archaeological site! Its particular shape, round, surrounded by its moat, bathed and fed by the river Allier makes it an original element of medieval architecture. Few castles look like Meauce. Its abandonment for such a long time and the absence of modification and improvement in the nineteenth century make Meauce an interesting element of studies. It remained in its «juice», and will allow to restore it in its appearance as it was in the middle of the eighteenth century with all the traces of its evolution over the previous centuries. Today, its 14 ha, its dead arm of the alliance, the double avenue of linden, the ancient medieval enclosure, the barns and the hamlet are fully classified Historical Monument. The Castle of Meauce is located in Natura 2000 zone and on the classified site of Bec d'Allier (site where the Loire meets the Allier). An ornithological richness is present on this site: Crane Ash, Heron Bihoreau, Whi