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Château de Saint-Simon-de-Bordes en Charente-Maritime

Charente-Maritime

Château de Saint-Simon-de-Bordes


    17500 Saint-Simon-de-Bordes

Origin and history

The Château de Saint-Simon-de-Bordes is a building located in the commune of Saint-Simon-de-Bordes in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Although its existence is attested, the available sources do not specify its construction period or detailed history. This monument remains to be studied in order to reveal its architectural and historical specificities.

In this region, castles have often played a central role in the social and economic organization of the territories. They served as seigneurial residences, defence sites or administrative centres. In Saint-Simon-de-Bordes, as in other rural communities, these buildings were generally related to farming and the management of surrounding lands.