Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien château des Archevêques de Bordeaux
Lamothe-Montravel, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château des Archevêques de Bordeaux (ancien) : inscription par arrêté du 27 septembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/09/27 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château, palais épiscopal
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Lamothe-Montravel
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.85030, 0.02659
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082604
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Petit manoir ayant servi d'habitation aux évêques de Bordeaux. Edifice à pignon et grosse tour du 15e siècle. Chemin de ronde sur corbeaux. Tour carrée d'escalier à vis. Porte Renaissance surmontée d'un fronton triangulaire. Fenêtres à meneaux moulurés.
English translation
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History
Small manor having served as a dwelling for the bishops of Bordeaux. Building with gable and large tower from the 15th century. Parapet walk on corbels. Square tower with winding staircase. Renaissance doorway surmounted by a triangular pediment. Windows with moulded mullions.
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