Château de Sarzay

Castle Sarzay (French Château de Sarzay ) belongs to the French community Sarzay in the Indre in the Centre region. The building stands as a monument historique since 1912 under monument protection.

History

Sarzay was mentioned in 1300 for the first time in written records. At that time the village belonged to the archbishopric of Bourges. The Seigneurie held the family BARBANÇOIS. You probably built in the first half of the 15th century the fortification, who played an important role in the Hundred Years' War. The family remained until 1720 in the possession of the fief, which was in 1651 raised to the Marquisat.

Architecture

Sarzay is one of the southern Loire valley, near a tributary of the Indre is, but already adjacent to the first foothills of the Massif Central. Like many buildings of this type in the Auvergne and Limousin Sarzay had a rectangular, flanked by cylindrical, 25 meters high corner towers housing. He was protected by two outer walls, which appear to have had a total of 38 towers. In the first period there was also a moat with three drawbridges and a 4 -acre pond. Has been preserved by the defense system, only a single tower, in the ground floor there was a manorial chapel.

George Sand describes in her 1845 novel, " Le Meunier d' Angibault " ( " The Miller of Angibault " ) the lock under the name " Château de Mont Blanche " as " a rather elegant castle, a long rectangle, the only one on each floor possesses large room with four towers at the corners, where there are smaller rooms. "

The additional staircase tower, the spiral staircase leads to the individual floors, has no machicolated and is probably of later date. On the ground floor you come into the dining-room, which was also used by the guests. On the first floor was the home of the wife of the lord of the castle, the children and the servants. In the north room, on the lintel above the fireplace, a relief of the coat of arms of the family BARBANÇOIS is attached; to recognize three leopards. On the second floor the living rooms of the lord of the castle and the servants were. On the third floor there was only one room with a large fireplace on each side, held in the meetings and, where audiences and guests were welcomed.

South side with stair tower

Space in the first floor