The Château de Brosse is an ancient fortress located near Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

Saint-Benoît-du-Sault

Saint-Benoît-du-Sault is a commune in the Indre department in central France.It is a medieval village , perched in a curve on a rocky butte overlooking the Portefeuille River in the former province of Berry....

 and Chaillac

Chaillac

Chaillac is a commune in the Indre department in central France.-See also:*Communes of the Indre department* Rochechouart crater* Saint-Benoît-du-Sault* Château de Brosse-References:*...

 (Indre

Indre

Indre is a department in the center of France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

) in a very centered area of France called Berry

Berry

The botanical definition of a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary. Grapes are an example. The berry is the most common type of fleshy fruit in which the entire ovary wall ripens into an edible pericarp. They may have one or more carpels with a thin covering and fleshy interiors....

.

It was built during the 10th century by the de Brosse

Jean de Brosse

Jean de Brosse , Lord of Boussac, Sainte-Sévère, Huriel, and Perugia, was a councillor and chamberlain to Charles VII of France; he was made a Marshal of France in 1426.-Early life:...

 family. Today only ruins remain, but some great one as the great circular keep

Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word keep, but usually consider it to refer to large towers in castles that were fortified residences, used as a refuge of last resort should the rest of the...

 (13th century), enclosed by a wall tree centuries younger (15th century).

Some little farm houses very next to the castle are made with stones coming from the great building, as their typical red color remember.

It has been listed as a Monument historique

Monument historique

A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...

since 1935.