The Château de la Lande is a castle in the ''
commune'' of
Rocles in the
Allier
Allier ( , , ; oc, Alèir) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that borders Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire to the east, Puy-de-Dôme to the south, and Creuse to the south-west. Named afte ...
''
département'' in the
Auvergne ''
region'' of France.
[Ministry of Culture]
Château de la Lande
. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
History
Early in its history it was supposedly a possession or
commandery of the
Knights Templar
, colors = White mantle with a red cross
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, march =
, mascot = Two knights riding a single horse
, equipment ...
.
The castle dates from the 15th century, with later construction in the 17th century.
[
Among its later owners was the de Lichy de Lichy family.][(sic) – the double nobiliary particle was granted to the family by Henri IV]
It has been listed since 2001 as a ''monument historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' by the French Ministry of Culture.[
]
Description
The castle is typical of a series of Bourbonnais castles of the 15th century. The keep
A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in c ...
is crowned with a round walk constructed from wood. There is a moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive ...
and an older tower with defensive devices. The small chapel was designed by the architect René Moreau.[
]
Notes
External links
*
Le château de la Lande
Retrieved 11 June 2011
*
Château de la Lande
on French Ministry of Culture website, with photos. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
*''Summed up and translated from the equivalent article at French Wikipédia, 10 November 2007''
Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century
Castles in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Allier
Castles and fortifications of the Knights Templar
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