Castle Valence (26) Price: $ 2,608,200 USD
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Surface 1 680 m2 Bedrooms 20  Bathrooms 3  Land 6.3 ha

A 17th-century chateau listed as a historical monument with a large outbuilding and splendid grounds looking out at the Rhône valley in France’s Drôme department. The local village was once a fief of the Poitiers-Valentinois family. It became part of the Kingdom of France at the start of the 15th century. The village had a chateau before this one. That old chateau was known as the region’s most important fortification, but it was destroyed in the French Wars of Religion.
That was when a new chateau was built just outside the village, along the side of a road linking the village to the nearest town, a short distance north of it. Its location was not chosen at random: a spring lies beyond the ditches and it once filled up the property’s ponds and brought its fountains to life. A vast earthen terrace of more than one hectare is edged with embankments and dry moats. Upon it stand two fine edifices built in the style of the Italian Late Renaissance. The chateau towers in the middle of this grassy terrace. Construction of the chateau began in 1591. The edifice continued to be built during the second half of the 17th century. It is a large square-shaped structure with corner towers and a central inner courtyard. It has three levels and a floor area of over 1,300m².
In front of the chateau, at the property’s entrance, stands an edifice that was built at the end of the 17th century. It is about 60 metres long and edges a road that runs along the other side of the moat. This structure is made up of a gatehouse flanked with two wings. This gatehouse controls access to the property. The whole building offers a floor area of around 450m².
Together, the chateau and the gatehouse with its wings represent a splendid feat of architecture: a classic symmetrical layout going from east to west on an open, grassy terrace.
Beyond this section of lawns on which the edifices stand, the grounds extend through meadows and woods over a naturally undulating area.
The chateau has been listed as a historical monument since 1990 for its walls, roofing and interior decorative features.

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Advertiser reference: 786547 - Le Figaro Properties reference: 68839084

In detail

    • Surface 1 680 m2
    • Rooms 20
    • Bedrooms 20
    • Land 6.3 ha
    • Construction N/A*
    • Parking N/A*
    • Bathrooms 3
    • Toilets 3
    • Exposure N/A*
    • Heating Oil-fired
    • Kitchen N/A*
    • Property tax N/A*
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  • This property is not subject to co-ownership

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