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Château de Forges

Chateau de Forges, Forges, 36300 Concremiers
  • Indre
  • Centre-Val de Loire

Guided tour by the owner

Hugues de Poix, current owner and direct descendant of Jehan de Poix, who fortified the castle in 1442, will make a historical commentary on the origins of the fortress.
17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed
©Hugues de Poix

At the sound of the bell of the high court and depending on the arrival of our guests, visitors will be called to gather for a small chat on the terrace of the low court...

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Château de Forges
Chateau de Forges, Forges, 36300 Concremiers
  • Indre
  • Centre-Val de Loire
Medieval castle on the edge of the Anglin. This complex is composed of ten towers, a keep, a dwelling, a chapel and a guardhouse. It is fortified by letter patent of Charles VII to his butler Jean de Poix. His descendant lives in it today. This fortress, which is cited at the beginning of the fourteenth century, has kept its feudal character. Located on a hill overlooking the left bank of the Anglin, it was part of a line of castles protecting the southern limit of the Berry. Square keep, flanked at the corners of four round towers and surrounded by three sides of walls on which rest five towers pierced by arches, one of which constitutes the dovecote. The enclosure is penetrated from the south between two towers connected to the upper part by a track overhanging a machicolation apparatus. In the inner courtyard are the quadrilobed keep and, leaning on the southern side of the enclosure, the guard building. To the east, the stables, the cellar and the chapel castrale. In the middle of
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Château, hôtel urbain, palais, manoir, Monument historique
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