Castle of Saint-Jean-in Angle

The castle of Saint-Jean-in Angle with Saint-Jean-with Angle in Charente-Maritime is a fortress dating from the Guerre One hundred Year old which was recently restored.

History

it would have been built by English
it was taken and begun again during the wars of religion
it was the property of the family of Saint Froze of 1406 with shortly after 1608
Charlotte of Saint Froze then makes restore the ramparts.
it is subjected to a seat during the sling
it passes from girl as a girl and remains in the family Dupuy de Tournon until in 1785.

Structure

it is built on one butts surrounded by ditches in the form of a broad ditch
the enclosure dates from the 12th century. It was built by Guillaume de Lusignan and Denise d' Angle in 1180
the residence raised in the east flanked of a truncated cylindrical tower of which there remains part of the covered way. The main building without opening to rez of roadway has two levels
the other frontage comprises a square tower and a gotic door blazing with dimensions court
it was classified Historic building in April 1994

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