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 Castle of Pusselières à Jalognes dans le Cher

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Cher

Castle of Pusselières

    Place de la Liberté
    18300 Jalognes
Château de Pesselières
Château de Pesselières
Crédit photo : Stefnyme - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1170
First mention of the seigneury
1380
Transition to the La Porte family
1404
Hugon de La Porte named great archier
1589-1591
Wars of Religion
1639
Acquisition by Jean de Guibert
1674
Sancerre County Plan
1823
Construction of the chapel
1881
Neo-Renaissance Rehabilitation
2009
Historical Monument
2013
Label Remarkable Garden
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The facades and roofs of the castle; the full earth; the bridge; ditches; the dovecote (cf. F 212, 367, lieudit Pusselières): registration by order of 30 June 2009; The access gate and its fence walls, the chapel of 1823, in total, the facades and roofs of the buildings of the lower courtyard ( stables and barn), the buildings and fittings of the vegetable garden finally the park which shows its landscape quality (the meadows are crossed by the creek of Pusselières, the park planted with various essences, has retained its bouquets of trees and its alleys), and preserves the old ditches of the castle as well as those of the lower courtyard, now constituent parts of the park. These are parcels numbered 131, 200, 211, 213, 356, 358, 360, 362, 365 and 366 in section F of the cadastre of the commune: inscription by order of 1 July 2025

Key figures

Pierre de Livron - Lord of Pusselières (1209-1257) A pilgrimage to Compostela in 1228.
Hugon de La Porte - Baron de Pusselières (15th century) Great archer of the Duke of Brabant.
Jean de Guibert - Lord of Pusselières (17th century) Partial builder of the castle in 1640.
Marquis de Puységur - Owner (18th century) Creator of the romantic park.
Jean-Baptiste Collard - Owner (19th century) Redevelopment neo-Renaissance in 1881.

Origin and history

The castle of Pusselières, located on the lands of the eponymous seigneury in Jalognes (Dear), was first mentioned in 1170 as property of the Livron family. This fief, part of Sancerre County, includes high, medium and low justice, ponds and estates. Its strategic role is emphasized by the right of the lords of Pesselieres – recognized as Marshals of the County – to conduct vassals during the solemn entry of the Count of Sancerre, a privilege that causes conflicts until territorial transactions.

Around 1380, the "Château et maison fort" passed to the La Porte family, which kept it until 1639. The La Porte, knights and barons, mark the history of the place: Hugon de La Porte, Baron of Pusselières, became great archier of the Duke of Brabant in 1404. During the Wars of Religion (1589-1591), the castle, occupied successively by the League and the royalists, suffered considerable damage. Its medieval architecture, visible in the northwest wing and the stair turret, bears witness to this period.

In 1639, Jean de Guibert acquired the estate and undertook a partial reconstruction: the entrance door to bossage, monumental chimneys and south-east wing date from this campaign. The castle, represented in 1674 as a plan in U surrounded by moat, evolved in the 18th century with the suppression of the drawbridge and fortifications. In the 19th century, the Collard and Boin families radically changed the site: filling the ditches, redevelopment of the south-east wing (1881), creation of a chapel (1823) and a romantic park inspired by English gardens, labeled a remarkable garden in 2013.

The castle, classified as a historical monument in 2009 and 2025 (façades, roofs, dovecote, park and outbuildings), retains medieval defensive elements despite the modifications of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its park, restored from the 2000s, combines century-old species (cedars, purple beech) and contemporary amenities, such as a maze of charmille. A medieval fair, one of the oldest in France (since the early Middle Ages), is still celebrated on 1 June.

External links

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