Château du Mont, Medieval castle in Sazeray, France

Château du Mont is a castle built on a plateau edge overlooking the Rio Brûlé valley, featuring a rectangular main building framed by rounded towers. The structure rises about 20 meters above the surrounding landscape and displays the clean lines of medieval architecture with later additions.

The castle's first written mention appears in 1385, when knight Guillaume des Ages held the title of lord. The main building was constructed in 1457, and a large barn was added in 1640, marking stages of development across two centuries.

The castle reflects how medieval and early modern nobility organized their lives, mixing residential comfort with defensive needs. The courtyard and outbuildings show how daily life revolved around family, farming, and protection.

The castle is private property and is seen from outside; the square walled courtyard, about fifty metres on each side, is still clearly readable in the layout. The site sits on a plateau edge above the Rio Brûlé valley, roughly twenty metres below. The south-east corner keeps a round tower and the foundations of a building ruined after the Revolution.

The north tower carries two latrines built out on corbels, projecting from the wall rather than set inside it. The square courtyard, about fifty metres on each side and still enclosed by walls, can be traced on the ground. In the north-west corner stand the remains of a square tower that once held the chapel, visited in 1734 by Frédéric-Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld, Archbishop of Bourges.