Logo Musée du Patrimoine

All French heritage classified by regions, departments and cities

  2. Patrimoine
  3. Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  4. Creuse
  5. 23260 Magnat-l'Etrange

  6. Castle of Magnat-l'Etrange

 Castle of Magnat-l'Etrange dans la Creuse

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Creuse

Castle of Magnat-l'Etrange

    11 Chemin du Chateau
    23260 Magnat-l'Etrange
Château de Magnat-lÉtrange
Château de Magnat-lÉtrange
Chateaudemagnat

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
…
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIIe siècle
Initial construction
XVIIe siècle
Enlargement
1789
Post-Revolution Abandonment
1er juin 1943
Historical monument classification
1965
Partial collapse
1970
Volunteer rescue
1999
Lothar Storm
2012
Relaunching of construction sites
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Seigneurs de Ma(i)gnac - Founders (XII century) Family of crusaders at the origin of the castle.
Comte de L'Estrange - Sponsor (17th century) Alderman of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, enlarged the castle.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Descendant illustrious Linked by filiation to the Count of L'Estrange.

Origin and history

Magnat-l'Étrange Castle is a building located in the commune of Magnat-l'Étrange, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The available sources do not specify its exact origin, its construction period or the significant events associated with it. This monument therefore remains partly mysterious as to its detailed history and precise architectural features.

In the general context of New Aquitaine, castles have often played a central role in the social and economic organization of rural areas. They served as seigneurial residences, defence sites or local administrative centres. In Magnat-l'Étrange, as in many small communes, these buildings could also symbolize the power and influence of noble or bourgeois families on the surrounding populations.

External links

Page Wikipedia