Discovery of the outsides of the castle

Name: Discovery of the outsides of the castle
Start: 2019-09-20T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-22T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de la Roche Amenon

Come visit the outsides of the Castle of Roche Amenon!

20 - 22 September 2019Passed

Conditions

Free, without reservation but need to wait guides it to begin visit

Registration

06 19 89 98 99 larocheamenon@wanadoo.fr

Come visit the outsides of the Castle of Roche Amenon!

The farm, its pigeon house and its buildings(ships) "Napoleon III"
The poultry-yard, delimiting the site over which extended the medieval castle of Amenon de la Roche
The terrase on the Creuse, which allowed the surveillance(supervision) of the ford
Gardens and his(her,its) remarkable trees
The chapel built under Charles X
Visit ends in the main courtyard in front of the castle built in the XVIIIth century to become a residence of enjoyment(approval)

About the location

Château de la Roche Amenon

La Roche Amenon, 37160 Buxeuil

Vienne
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Castle of Roche Amenon owes his name in Amenon, Lord of a châtellenie located on the Left Bank of the Creuse. Of the castle of the XIIIth century it stays only of scattered elements. In the XVIIIth century, Jean Samuel d' Harembure, governor of Poitiers, having bought the castle, made build the classic castle which we see today. In 1809, the count of Vaucelles gives to the building his current physiognomy by increasing him by 2 wings opening fan-shaped on a closed court(yard); limited by dry staves(moats), the Conciergerie and the Chapel. He(It) will have done also up the park and the gardens by crashing some remarkable trees. In the barnyard, surrounded with buildings(ships) Napoleon III, one is visible avoids(flees) the XVIIth century altered in the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries.