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Origin and history

The Château du Mont, located in the municipality of Sazeray (Department of Indre), is mentioned for the first time in 1385 in an act of homage of Guillaume des Ages, knight and lord of the place. The oldest parts, probably from the fourteenth century, include a main house body built in 1457 as a strong house, while a large barn dates from 1640. The site, built on rocks on the edge of a plateau, dominates the valley of the Rio Brûlé of about twenty meters, with a square courtyard closed walls still visible today.

Passed into the hands of the family of La Châtre in the 15th century, the castle was divided between two lords from 1540 to 1639, before being bought and transformed by Sylvain de Bridiers and then his son Louis de Bridiers (died 1694). After this period, the estate became a seigneury of relationship, changing owners without being inhabited. Anne-Marie de Villaines, Baroness of Sainte-Severe, was the last lady before the Revolution. The architecture preserves traces of this history, such as a circular tower, the remains of a chapel visited in 1734 by the Archbishop of Bourges, and a main building flanked by two towers.

The castle was damaged after the Revolution, including the ruin of a building body whose foundations remained. Its square layout, its walls of enclosure, and its defensive elements (letrines in breech, spiral staircase) reflect its evolution between the late middle ages and the modern era. Today it bears witness to the local seigneurial history, marked by noble families such as the Ages, La Châtre, and Bridiers, as well as its strategic role dominating the valley.

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