page_title: Château de Matval
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Château de Matval / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: atelier monétaire du Château de Matval
context_page_description: The Château de Matval is a 13th-15th century castle in the commune of Bonneveau in the Loir-et-Cher département of France. Added to the inventory of monuments historiques, its façades and roofs have been protected since 18 October 1971 and the castle in its entirety since 8 April 2009.
context_section_description: The castle's vestiges testify to an architecture specific to the military buildings of thei time. The south-eastern corner of the house is a wall pierced by arrowslits, remains of a construction provided with arrowslits and a bretèche, which connected the building to a round tower.
  Underground galleries run under the hill and the castle.
  The Merovingian mint is a reminder that the domain was royal and that coins were minted here. The statuette by the entrance is a jewel of the Merovingian age and unique in Europe.
  The manor with its round tower, the motte and its troglodytic habitation were listed as monument historiques on 18 November 1971. The chapel built against the motte, the grounds of the inner courtyards, the ditches and the lower courtyard were added on 8 April 2009.
caption: Entry to the Merovingian mint. The counter on the right represents King Clovis surmounted by his three sons
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