France · Partial ruin
Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre
The Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a medieval castle in the town of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Cher, France. Major fabric dates to the early 13th century and a late-14th-century transformation into a princely residence by John, Duke of Berry; parts stand as high ruins today and it is classed as a monument historique.
First raised
1209
Its prime
1370
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1370
What Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre looked like in its prime.
The castle occupies a trapezoid plan with a tall cylindrical tower at each corner and a rectangular tower midway along one long curtain wall. One corner tower is a much larger 12 m–diameter keep while the others are about 8 m across. The curtain wall originally housed an entrance between two towers, and manuscript images indicate a sizeable chapel built above that principal entrance. The surviving keep and the west tower reach full height and are finished with defensive machicolations; the site sits within the town.
Its story
The story of Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre.
The Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre was built on a trapezoid plan, originally with a tall cylindrical tower at each corner and a rectangular tower in the middle of one of the long sides; the largest tower, twelve metres across against eight for the others, served as the keep. In 1367 the fortress was transformed into a princely residence by John, Duke of Berry.
Manuscript illustrations indicate the castle also had a large chapel above the principal entrance. The keep and the west tower still stand to their full height, each capped with intricate defensive machicolations, and the château has been classed as a monument historique since 1840.
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8 places to explore in 1370.
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