page_title: Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre
section_title: Description of the castle
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre / Description of the castle
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Ruines du Château Charles VII à Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Cher
context_page_description: The Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is a castle in the town of Mehun-sur-Yèvre in the départment of Cher, France. Château de Mehun-sur-Yèvre is situated at an elevation of 124 meters.
  The castle has been classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.
context_section_description: The castle is built on a trapezoid plan, and originally had a tall cylindrical tower at each corner and a rectangular tower in the middle of one of the long sides. An entrance was formed in the wall between two of the towers. One tower (12m diameter) was much larger than the others (8m) and served as the keep. The keep and the west tower still stand to their full height, each capped with intricate defensive machicolations. Manuscript illustrations indicate that the castle also had a large chapel above the principal entrance.
caption: The castle today
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