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Château du Roi René

Tarascon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Le château : classement par liste de 1840
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Architect or builder
Robert Jean (maître de l'oeuvre), Masson Antoine (maître de l'oeuvre), Beaujeu Simon de (sculpteur), Morel Jacques (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Tarascon
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.80668, 4.65517
Mérimée reference
PA00081473

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La propriété du château (anciennement propriété de l'Etat, ministère de la culture) a été transférée à la ommune par convention signée le 1er janvier 2008.

English translation

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The ownership of the castle (formerly property of the State, Ministry of Culture) was transferred to the commune by agreement signed on 1 January 2008.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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