The Château de Troissy is a former
castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
in the ''
commune'' of
Troissy
Troissy () is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.
Sights and monuments
* Château de Troissy, 12th century castle. Its crypt was classified ''monument historique'' in 1924.
* Saint-Martin church, classified ''monument histor ...
in the
Marne Marne can refer to:
Places France
*Marne (river), a tributary of the Seine
*Marne (department), a département in northeastern France named after the river
* La Marne, a commune in western France
*Marne, a legislative constituency (France)
Nethe ...
''
département'' of France. It dates from the 12th century.
Description
An 1855 meeting of the Sociéte Française pour la Conservation des Monuments Historiques heard a description of the castle. The remains consisted of single tower and a double
ogival or pointed arched doorway and were dated to the 14th century. The square tower is built of sandstone and is wider in the lower half.
Crenellation at the top is evidence of its military function. The outer doorway has two indented grooves to house the beams of a
drawbridge
A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat. In some forms of English, including American English, the word ''drawbridge'' commonly refers to all types of moveable ...
; inside is a slot for the
portcullis
A portcullis (from Old French ''porte coleice'', "sliding gate") is a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of wood, metal, or a combination of the two, which slides down gr ...
.
e séance, a Chalons-sur-Marne"">"XXIIe séance, a Chalons-sur-Marne"
''Congrès archéologique de France'', volumes 22-23, p131-2. Sociéte Française pour la Conservation des Monuments Historiques (1855) . Retrieved 15 December 2018.
The castle's crypt has been classified since 1924 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.[
]
See also
* List of castles in France
References
Castles in Grand Est
Monuments historiques of Grand Est
Châteaux in Marne (department)
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