Castle of Arthaudière

The castle of Arthaudière , classified at the Historic buildings in 1991, is located on the heights of the commune of Saint-Bonnet-with-Chavagne (Isere).

It is thought that the oldest part of the Castle, the round Tower dates at its base from the 13th century. The Keep of barlong plan, as for him, date certainly of the 14th century. Probably, these constructions are the work of the Arthaud family.

During the time which marks the beginning of the Renaissance, after the Guerres of Italy, but before the wars of religion, sudden Arthaudière of deep transformations. A gallery with stage is built against the western enclosing wall and the round tower.

With the bottom of the round tower, a vault was founded at the beginning of the 16th century. André Ier of the Door speaks about it on his will in 1517. With the junction of the gantry Rebirth with the buildings North, was installed at the 18th century, a spiral staircase. This last was to probably be before against the keep barlong.

Above the vault, on the first floor, the study with his armor-plated door is. This door consists of a first strongly studded door in fir tree and of one second iron door furnished with drowning, the closing whole of course with key. It is in this part that the most invaluable goods of the lords of Arthaudière were preserved.

Large stables

The current stables underwent several periods of construction. Their establishment in " L" delimit a first accessible court since the large alley. A passage coachman surmounted by a skylight, intended to transfer fodder being in the haylofts on the floor, gives access at another court bordered to the south by the dwelling of the coachman and closed east coast by a gate giving on outside. The handing-over with the cars, the oldest part of the building, is today occupied by the exposure reporting the history of the castle and the families which lived there.

On the right of the entry giving access to the court of the stables, a roof with the imperial glaze of metal scales, resting on four octagonal pillars, a well shelters and integrates a stone basin.

Gallery

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