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Ancien palais des Evêques

Issigeac, Dordogne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Palais des Evêques (ancien) (cad. D 106, 109, 110) : inscription par arrêté du 5 octobre 1946
Protection dates
1946/10/05 : inscrit MH
Type
palais épiscopal
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Dates
1669
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Issigeac
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.73072, 0.60698
Mérimée reference
PA00082583

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1628 map "Potamographie de Garone et des Fleuves qui Rendent Dedans." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit en 1669 sur des fondations anciennes par François de Salignac, évêque de Sarlat. De villégiature, le palais servit ensuite de refuge à l'évêque quand il se retira à Issigeac après la prise de Sarlat par Geoffroy de Vivant. L'édifice se présente comme un grand corps de logis rectangulaire, flanqué de deux pavillons aux angles desquels s'agrafent deux tourelles en encorbellement en brique et pierre.

English translation

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Built in 1669 on ancient foundations by François de Salignac, bishop of Sarlat. A country residence, the palace subsequently served as a refuge for the bishop when he retired to Issigeac after the taking of Sarlat by Geoffroy de Vivant. The building presents itself as a large rectangular main dwelling, flanked by two pavilions at the angles of which are bracketed two turrets in brick and stone corbelling.

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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