CastleTreves cunault (49)

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Surface200 m²bedrooms3

A listed medieval tower in the heart of Anjou, the building stands in a remarkable site on the road along the banks of the Loire between Saumur and Angers. This tower-keep combines the medieval defensive model at 30 meters high, its walls pierced with gun arches, with the more residential one which opens to the light with rooms with superb ribbed vaults, tall windows with thick grilles overlooking the Loire, and cushioned seats. The promontory forming a vast terrace overlooking the neighboring church and the Loire, is joined by a climb of steps cut into the rock at the foot of which we come across the entrance to an old troglodyte refuge with its bread oven. At the level of this terrace, a perron staircase accesses the tower served on the 5 levels and the roof terrace, by a superb spiral staircase. The tower appears on the 1862 list, and has been classified as a Historic Monument since 1904. SAUMUR 11 km (markets, theater, Paris-Montparnasse SNCF station 2h15 on average) PARIS 311 km including 285 by motorway TOWER ? Spiral staircase made of sandstone slabs, 4 m thick wall Level 1 : -Circular room approximately 4.10 m in diameter, probably an old jail? 4.90m in height under the ribbed arch? Small spiral staircase going down to the underground. Level 2 : -Octagonal piece approximately 5.70 m in diameter? 2 gunboats and 2 daylights? 3.50 m high under 3 Lys ribbed arches. Level 3: on the stairs, direct exit at the mound level -Kitchen approximately 7 m in diameter? Fireplace and bread oven, stone vegetable garden, 2 windows covered with thick grilles, cushions? 5 m height under arch -Bathroom (shower, sink, macerator toilet) Level 4: Entrance on steps on the mound side Room approximately 6.70m x 10m on terracotta tiles? Fireplace with 3 Lys coat of arms, 5 m high under Triple ribbed ribs, 4 high windows under grilles and cushions? Wardrobe Level 5: Room approximately 4m x 3.60m? Window with Loire & Village view? 5.60m height under arch. Room approximately 6m x 7m? Fireplace, Tomettes, 2 windows with Loire & Village view? 6 m high under arches. TERRACE The last level of the staircase leads to the terrace bordered by a crenellated parapet where the watchtower remains, a veritable lookout over the Loire valley. GROUND ? 4764 m2 2 entrance gates access the part of the land, south side of the mound. At the foot of the promontory, some cellar entrances. Open building (2 sheds and a storage room) A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ? On this thousand-year-old site inherited from a struggle led by Foulques Nerra in the 11th century, it was in the 15th century that the land was taken over by Robert Lemaçon, chancellor of Charles VII, it uses significant toll rights that the Loire provides, particularly on wine and salt, and more precisely 'tribute and toll on each pipe of wine passing the said river of Loire down or up by battel or batteaux in front of the said chastel of Trèves or crossing by cart the said châtellerie the sum of 10 deniers; on each barrel of wine, 5 deniers, likewise a bushel of salt on each barrel of salt. »? A fortune ! In 1642, Cardinal Richelieu, to counter a local rebellion, went so far as to purchase the fortress for 200,000 pounds and sold it to the daughter of the Marshal of France Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé who had just married the Great Condé, cousin of Louis XIV. The fortress deteriorated, it was abandoned, and in 1750 John de Stapleton, a rich Irish merchant close to his king, bought it for 510,000 pounds and had the rest of the fortress buildings demolished, with the exception of the Keep Tower. , which belongs to the family of tower-residences from the end of the Middle Ages, such as the Tour de Vincennes near Paris. CLASSIFIED MONUMENT! The Tour de Trêves is one of the first historic monuments protected in the 1862 list. It appears on the list of Historic Monuments by decree of August 5, 1904. The classification as a Historic Monument allows access to very attractive taxation, and to receive a level of advice in