Pontlevoy · Loir-et-Cher
The moats and fishponds of the manor of Maré
Built between 1456 and 1507 at Pontlevoy, the manor of Maré is surrounded by water-filled moats reached by two bridges, parts of which serve as fishponds.
From the source
Manoir seigneurial de Maré is a manor house at Pontlevoy, Loir-et-Cher, in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Editorial reading
The record describes a house with an independent chapel, a low range that was stables and granary, and barns later converted, all surrounded by water moats accessible by two bridges, some parts of which form fishponds. The chapel keeps rib vaults on sculpted corbels and wall paintings of around 1500. The façades of the house, the chapel in full and the well were listed in 2003. The moats and their fishponds are the water garden the record describes.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA41000029 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
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