Mehun-sur-Yèvre Castle

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The Mehun-sur-Yèvre castle in the Très Riches Heures of Duke Jean de Berry around 1415

Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre ( French Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre ) belongs to the French community Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the department of Cher in the region Center-Val de Loire ; The term Château Charles VII is used in current French brochures and in local notices . The ruined castle stands since 1840 as a monument historique under monument protection .

Building history

Ruins of Mehun-sur-Yèvre Castle

Mehun was once a massive castle that passed to John of Luxembourg , King of Bohemia. His daughter Jutta was married to the French King John II . As a result, Mehun came to the Duke Jean de Valois, duc de Berry , a younger son of John II , as part of the appanage .

Between 1367 and 1390, the Duke had his architect Guy de Dammartin carry out various alterations. The previously closed entrance side was opened and a protruding chapel was built above the main entrance . The other sides of the fortress were given tall windows, and richly decorated viewing terraces were added to the towers. You know the look of the building, one of the first French style of Flamboyantgotik , due to the miniature painting of the Limbourg brothers in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.

Later Johann von Berry gave the castle to his nephew, the Dauphin Jean . After his death in 1417, Mehun returned to the Domaine royal . King Charles VII died there on July 22nd, 1461.

The castle was badly damaged by fire in 1550 and badly damaged during the French Revolution . In addition to two towers, only a few remains of the wall and the decoration of the chapel have been preserved.

literature

Web links

Commons : Castle Mehun-sur-Yèvre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Castle Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French), accessed on July 7, 2009.

Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′ 34 ″  N , 2 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E