Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Coulonges
Montignac, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Coulonges (cad. B 907, 908) : inscription par arrêté du 6 décembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/12/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Montignac
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.08160, 1.13425
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082692
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Grand manoir du 16e siècle, avec tour découronnée du 14e siècle non liée à l'ensemble. Chemin de ronde sur corbeaux allant de la tour du 16e à celle du 14e. Traces de glissières du pont-levis. Balustres Louis XIV aux fenêtres dont les meneaux ont été supprimés. Deux étages de caves voûtées. Dans la cour intérieure, bâtiments d'exploitation postérieurs. Dans la partie Renaissance en ruine, cheminées en pierre surplombant le vide.
English translation
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History
Large manor of the 16th century, with decapitated tower of the 14th century not linked to the whole. Parapet on corbels running from the 16th-century tower to that of the 14th century. Traces of drawbridge slots. Louis XIV balusters at the windows of which the mullions have been removed. Two storeys of barrel-vaulted cellars. In the interior courtyard, later outbuildings. In the ruined Renaissance part, stone fireplaces projecting over the void.
Nearby in the register
- église Saint-Étienneéglise2 mi
- Château de la Fayechâteau2 mi
- Hôtel de Bouilhachôtel2 mi
- Maison à galeriemaison2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.