Citran Castle
The Citran Castle in Avensan , a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine , was from 1861 to 1864 on the foundations of an earlier building from the Middle Ages built. In 2012 the castle was added to the list of architectural monuments in France as a Monument historique .
The two-storey building in the middle of a large park was built according to plans by the architect Pierre-Charles Brun. The main building is flanked by two protruding corner pavilions that are covered with slate .
Parts of the moat of the medieval complex are still there.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 532.
Web links
Commons : Citran Castle - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Château Citran in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′ 9.4 ″ N , 0 ° 44 ′ 51 ″ W.