Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Carrouges

Series: Centre des monuments nationaux

Obverse

The castle's entrance gatehouse.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CHATEAU DE CARROUGES

Reverse

On the periphery, the word France written in eight languages. Monnaie de Paris symbol at 12 o'clock, 2012 at 6 o'clock. Text in the center surrounded by various pictograms of the Center.

Script: Katakana

Lettering:
فرنسا - FRANCIA - Франция - FRANCE - FRANKREICH - 法国 - フランス
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
CENTRE DES
MONUMENTS NATIONAUX
2012

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

The entrance châtelet, flanked by four circular turrets, dates from the 16th century and was probably built by Jean Le Veneur. It is a two-story pavilion. Its construction combines red and black bricks. Its Louis XII style is characteristic of this period of transition between the Gothic and the Renaissance. It is Gothic by the composition of its decoration, by the pinnacles or the presence of hooks on the triangular gables; it is Renaissance by the treatment of these elements.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Le châtelet d'entrée, cantonné de quatre tourelles circulaires, date du XVIe siècle et fut probablement construit par Jean Le Veneur. C'est un pavillon à deux étages. Sa construction associe des briques rouges et noires. Son style Louis XII est caractéristique de cette période de transition entre le Gothique et la Renaissance. Il est gothique par la composition de son décor, par les pinacles ou la présence de crochets sur les gâbles triangulaires ; il est Renaissance par le traitement de ces éléments.

See also

• Castle or fortification

• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Carrouges
• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Château de Carrouges
• Château de Carrouges

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
2012			3 000								MDP# 61CAR2/12 Jean-Luc Gosse; 2019. L'Officiel des médailles souvenir touristiques événementielles et publicitaires: Monnaie de Paris = The Official Guide to Souvenir Medals for Tourist Events and Advertising (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France.

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