Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Beffroi
Belvès, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Beffroi ( cad. A 433) : inscription par arrêté du 6 décembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/12/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- beffroi
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place du Marché
- Commune
- Belvès
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.77616, 1.00827
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082362
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Beffroi paraissant avoir servi autrefois de tour de l'horloge. C'est une tour carrée dont le toit a été refait faisait partie des constructions encloses dans le castrum. Rares ouvertures en meurtrières. Restes de remparts lui faisant suite.
English translation
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History
Belfry apparently having formerly served as a clock tower. It is a square tower whose roof was remade and was part of the constructions enclosed within the castrum. Rare loopholes. Remains of ramparts adjoining it.
Nearby in the register
- Restes de l'hôtel Bontempshôtelunder 1 mi
- Hallehalleunder 1 mi
- Tour dite de l'Auditoireédifice fortifiéunder 1 mi
- Tour de l'Hôpitalédifice fortifiéunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.