Château de Vaudémont

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"Tour Brunehaut": east façade

The Château de Vaudémont is a ruined 11th-century castle in the commune of Vaudémont in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France. At its greatest extent the castle measures about 500 by 250 metres (1,640 by 820 ft).[1]

The castle is one of a group of four castles built around the same time on highland sites along the Moselle valley between Nancy and Metz in northeast France. The other three castles are , Mousson, and ; of the four, Château de Vaudémont is the largest and best preserved.[1] It was built as a hill castle in the 11th century for the Counts of Vaudémont, possibly for (1071 – c.1120). The architect is unknown. The remains are part of the curtain wall and the keep, the so-called tour Brunehaut (Brunehaut tower) constructed with recycled Gallo-Roman remains. It was repaired during the 15th century, dismantled in 1639 on the orders of Louis XIII, and restored in 1930.[2]

It has been listed since 1840 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[3]

  • "Tour de Brunehaut" : north façade

  • Curtain wall and postern

  • Location of ruins on cadastral map

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Notes
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kennedy 1994, p. 13
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: château fort de Vaudémont, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  3. ^ Monuments Historiques et Immeubles protégés sur Vaudémont (in French), www.annuaire-mairie.fr, retrieved 2012-04-16
Bibliography
  • Kennedy, Hugh (1994), Crusader Castles, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-42068-7

Further reading[]

  • Collin, H (1966), "Les plus anciens châteaux de la région de Nancy en Lorraine", Château Gaillard: Études de castellologie médiévale, 3: 26–38

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Coordinates: 48°25′03″N 6°03′25″E / 48.41750°N 6.05694°E / 48.41750; 6.05694


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