Description
A listed medieval tower in the heart of Anjou, the building stands on the road to the banks of the Loire near Saumur. This tower-keep combines the medieval defensive model, from a height of 30 meters with its walls pierced with gun arches, to the more residential one which opens to the light with rooms with ribbed vaults, windows with a view on the Loire, cushions, and fireplace with pyramidal hood. The promontory forming a vast terrace overlooking the neighboring church and the Loire, is joined by a climb of steps cut into the rock at the foot of which we come across the entrance to an old troglodyte refuge with its bread oven. At the level of this terrace, a perron staircase accesses the tower served on the 5 levels and the roof terrace, by a spiral staircase. The last level of the staircase leads to the terrace bordered by a crenellated parapet where the watchtower remains, a veritable lookout over the Loire valley. LAND 2 entrance gates access the part of the land (approximately 2000 m2) located at the foot of the mound, a few cellar entrances, and an open building (2 sheds and a storage room) - The other part of the land (2345 m2 ) is located at the level of the promontory A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY… On this thousand-year-old site inherited from a struggle led by Foulques Nerra in the 11th century, it was in the 15th century that the land was taken over by Robert Lemaçon, chancellor of Charles VII , it uses significant toll rights that the Loire provides, notably on wine and salt, and more precisely "tribute and toll on each pipe of wine passing the said Loire river going down or up by battel or boats in front the said castle of Trèves or crossing by cart the said castle the sum of 10 deniers; on each barrel of wine, 5 deniers, likewise a bushel of salt on each barrel of salt. "… A fortune ! In 1642, Cardinal Richelieu, to counter a local revolt, went so far as to purchase the fortress for 200,000 pounds and sold it to the daughter of the Marshal of France Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé who had just married the Great Condé, cousin of Louis XIV. The fortress deteriorated, it was abandoned, and in 1750 John de Stapleton, a rich Irish merchant close to his king, bought it for 510,000 pounds and had the rest of the fortress buildings demolished, with the exception of the Keep Tower. , which belongs to the family of tower-residences from the end of the Middle Ages, such as the Tour de Vincennes near Paris. CLASSIFIED MONUMENT: The Tower of Trêves is one of the first historic monuments protected in the 1862 list. It appears on the list of Historic Monuments by decree of August 5, 1904. Classification as a Historic Monument allows access to very high taxation. interesting, and to receive a level of architectural and historical advice that will be invaluable. visit our website:
