Tour de guet

Mormoiron, Vaucluse, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection: inscrit MH
Extent of protection: Tour de guet (cad. AP 209) : inscription par arrêté du 13 septembre 1988
Protection dates: 1988/09/13 : inscrit MH
Type: édifice fortifié
Main period of construction: 16e siècle
Ownership: propriété de la commune
Commune: Mormoiron
Département: Vaucluse
Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country: France
Coordinates: 44.06727, 5.18392
Mérimée reference: PA00082088

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Les Estats de Savoye et de Piemont (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Église Saint-Laurentégliseunder 1 mi
Tour découronnéeédifice fortifiéunder 1 mi
Cimetière et chapelle Notre-Dame de Pareloupcimetière3 mi
Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs (ancienne)chapelle3 mi

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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