Château du Paty

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The Paty Castle is a castle built from the 15th century on the town of Chenu in the Sarthe department. It is partly listed as historical monuments.

Possession of the abbey, then of the collegiate of Tours, Chenu depended on the great Provost of the abbey. This character delegated his authority to local provosts or officers called from the Carolingian period "voyers". The seigneuries will come to decorate the property of the canons, to diminish their rights; The exercise of high justice will be the means through which the Counts of Anjou or their representatives, the Barons of Château-la-Vallière, will extend their influence on the land of Chenu. The canon "voyer" was to reside at the Paty. Indeed, the present Paty is a construction of the late 15th century, (at least in the large work) and has allowed to exist traces of ancient dispositions that make think of a feudal motte. The Paty who had the seigneury of the parish, despite the establishment of castles sometimes larger; The main fiefs depended on the Paty, the Red House, and the Bruère. That the Paty was the dominant fief of the parish...