The fortified castle consisted of the keep and a quadrangular enclosure. The Château de Chessy is made up of sloping fortifications equipped with large archers.
#As chessy les mines registration
The castle is the subject of a registration as a historical monument by decree of September 6, 2004. The main attractions of the city today is the Château de Chessy which is a former fortified castle, founded in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 13th century, extended in the 15th century and restored in the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, the exhaustion of this last vein accelerated the definitive closure of the mines. One of these minerals, a variety (Habitus) of azurite, is named chessylite because it was discovered at Chessy (blue mine). Several veins (black mine, yellow mine, etc.) were successively exploited, each producing a different ore was extracted copper. The mines are then the property of Jacques Cœur. These Chessy and Sain-Bel copper mines were exploited in Roman times and then abandoned, before mining resumed in the 15th century.
The history of Chessy is recognized by the presence of copper mines. Located about 40 minutes by car from Lyon. Chessy, also known as Chessy-les-Mines, is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.
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