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Donjon

Jayac, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Donjon (cad. D 93) : inscription par arrêté du 12 octobre 1948
Protection dates
1948/10/12 : inscrit MH
Type
édifice fortifié
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Jayac
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.03080, 1.34510
Mérimée reference
PA00082590

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1785 map "35 Sarlat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Important donjon du 12e siècle, découronné. L'accès se fait par un porche en arc brisé qui conserve quelques pans de murailles. Etroites meurtrières. Le fief fut incendié en 1790.

English translation

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Important keep of the 12th century, decapitated. Access is made by a pointed arch porch which retains some sections of walls. Narrow arrow-slits. The fief was burned in 1790.

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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