Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines du château de Gurcon
Carsac-de-Gurson, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Gurcon (ruines) (cad. A 569) : inscription par arrêté du 6 décembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/12/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Carsac-de-Gurson
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.93891, 0.08102
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082439
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1766 map "71 Bergerac." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Bâti au 12e siècle, le château fut rasé en 1254 par Henri III, roi d'Angleterre. L'édifice est reconstruit au 14e siècle. Les comtes de Foix-Gurçon tinrent la seigneurie jusqu'au 18e siècle. C'est à l'une des comtesses, Diane de Foix-Cancale, que Montaigne dédia le chapitre des Essais "De l'institution des enfants". Le château reçut les visites de Henri III et Henri IV. Dès la Révolution, le château tombe en ruines. De cette demeure, il reste d'importantes ruines : remparts, châtelet d'entrée effondré, tours, escalier de pierre.
English translation
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History
Built in the 12th century, the castle was razed in 1254 by Henry III, king of England. The building is reconstructed in the 14th century. The counts of Foix-Gurçon held the lordship until the 18th century. It was to one of the countesses, Diane de Foix-Cancale, that Montaigne dedicated the chapter of the Essays "Of the Education of Children". The castle received visits from Henry III and Henry IV. From the Revolution onwards, the castle fell into ruins. Of this dwelling, there remain important ruins: ramparts, collapsed entrance gatehouse, towers, stone staircase.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Pierre de Carsacégliseunder 1 mi
- Mairiemaison1 mi
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomptionéglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Martinéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.