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  3. Centre Val-de-Loire
  4. Loir-et-Cher
  5. 41370 Lorges

  6. Castle of Fontenailles

 Castle of Fontenailles à Lorges dans le Loir-et-Cher

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Loir-et-Cher

Castle of Fontenailles

    Château de Fontenailles
    41370 Lorges
Photo de Castle of Fontenailles

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1400
Existence of an earlier construction
1609
Acquisition by the Candal
XVIe siècle
Construction of the castle
1759
Sale in Tassin de Charsonville
8 septembre 1928
Well listing
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Well: registration by order of 8 September 1928

Key figures

Famille Du Candal - Owners (17th-15th centuries) Protestant family holding the castle.
Isaac II du Candal - Former owner Heir related to the sale of 1759.
Jacques du Vigier - Last heir of Candal Sell the castle in 1759.
Charles François Tassin de Charsonville - Acquirer in 1759 New owner after the Candal.

Origin and history

The castle of Fontenailles, located in the commune of Lorges in the Loir-et-Cher, was built in the 16th century to replace an earlier building dating from at least 1400. This monument, now extinct with the exception of a 16th-century well listed as historical monuments since 1928, illustrates the architectural and social evolution of the region.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the castle belonged to the Protestant family of Candal, which had acquired it in 1609 from the hands of the Lyon family. It was sold in 1759 by Jacques du Vigier, heir to Isaac II of Candal, to Charles François Tassin of Charsonville. The estate then changed owners several times before being noted as "in demolition" on a cadastral plane of 1855.

Today, only a stone dome well, supported by three columns, remains as a vestige of this castle. A detailed plan and cavalier view dating from 1620-1625, preserved in the departmental archives, allow to imagine its past appearance. These documents, along with the material traces, provide a valuable insight into local history and architecture of the time.

External links

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