14 August 2023
Sur la terrasse du château...
...de Saint-Aignan. It's more than one building and it was built over the centuries starting in the year 1000 or so. The counts of Blois, a small city 25 miles north, built the first fortifications here, including the tower or donjon you see on the right in the first photo, known as la tour d'Agar or la tour Hagard. The second photo shows the 16th century Renaissance château built here by the Beauvilliers family, whose decendents still own it. The building was très restauré in the 19th century, according to the Monumentum web site. You can also see the château and the donjon in the photo that is my blog banner above.
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I think this is the oldest part of the chateau. The hexagonal tower on the left looks a keep. Is the round tower on the right part of the poterne that gives access to the terrasse from the north(?)?
ReplyDeleteMy post was a mess. Blogger uploaded the photos in reverse order, and I forgot to correct that. Now the photos and the text are in sync. The octagonal tower is 19th century, unless I'm mistaken. Even the central staircase tower is not original.
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