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Maison

Monpazier, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
Protection
classé MH partiellement
Extent of protection
La façade et la galerie couverte (cad. A 576) : classement par arrêté du 21 décembre 1904
Protection dates
1904/12/21 : classé MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
place à Cornières
Commune
Monpazier
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.68002, 0.89406
Mérimée reference
PA00082674

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La place, construite en 1284 sur les ordres de Jean de Graville, sénéchal de Guyenne, entourée sur ses quatre faces de galeries couvertes, avait sans doute 22 immeubles à cornières sur les faces nord et sud, et six sur les faces est et ouest. Il subsiste 17 immeubles à cornières.

English translation

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The square, built in 1284 on the orders of Jean de Graville, seneschal of Guyenne, surrounded on all four sides by covered galleries, probably had 22 buildings with cornices on the north and south faces, and six on the east and west faces. 17 buildings with cornices remain.

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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