When was the present château built?

The rectangular pavilion that forms Font-Baudry today was entirely reconstructed during the nineteenth century, with construction completed in 1830.

What is the historical significance of the site?

Font-Baudry occupies the location of a former Gallo-Roman and medieval stronghold once known as Fons Balderici, though the present building retains no remains from those periods.

Château de Font-Baudry

Font-Baudry Castle

Preuilly-sur-Claise

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Where: Preuilly-sur-Claise

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Château de Font-Baudry stands in Preuilly-sur-Claise (Indre-et-Loire), in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: first half of the 19th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

Located in Preuilly-sur-Claise, Font-Baudry stands on ground inhabited since Gallo-Roman times. The present château, built in the first half of the nineteenth century and completed in 1830, replaced a medieval stronghold formerly called Fons Balderici. The building consists of a rectangular pavilion with ordered façades, accompanied by a smaller structure that breaks its symmetry.

What to know

The château has been listed as a historical monument since 1963, with protection covering all its façades and roofing.
No information regarding opening hours, admission fees or visiting conditions is currently available.
The building is a complete nineteenth-century reconstruction with no visible traces of its medieval period.

Where this château is

Preuilly-sur-Claise · Indre-et-Loire · Centre-Val de Loire

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Address

Preuilly-sur-Claise, Indre-et-Loire

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Heritage status: Registered historic monument (inscrit); Mérimée record PA00097922
Period of construction: first half of the 19th century

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When was the present château built?: The rectangular pavilion that forms Font-Baudry today was entirely reconstructed during the nineteenth century, with construction completed in 1830.
What is the historical significance of the site?: Font-Baudry occupies the location of a former Gallo-Roman and medieval stronghold once known as Fons Balderici, though the present building retains no remains from those periods.