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Château de Monsec

Mouzens, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le château, ses dépendances, le parc et ses terrasses et la tour de la Vierge (cad. A 851 - château, parc, chapelle, chenil, écuries, manège -, 854 - terrasse des écuries -, 852, 853 - terrasses du parc -, 855, 839 - granges et conciergerie -, 863 - tour de la Vierge-) : inscription par arrêté du 1er mars 2005
Protection dates
2005/03/01 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Commune
Mouzens
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.85148, 1.01631
Mérimée reference
PA00082707

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Connu dès le 14e siècle, le château se compose de deux ailes perpendiculaires reliées par un pavillon, le tout remontant à la fin du 15e siècle et au 16e. Le décor intérieur est remanié au 19e siècle, dans l'esprit Second Empire. La demeure, les dépendances et la chapelle néo-gothique sont intégrées dans un parc bordé de vastes terrasses. Le parc domine une tour coiffée d'une Vierge.

English translation

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Known from the 14th century, the castle consists of two perpendicular wings connected by a pavilion, all dating from the end of the 15th century and the 16th. The interior decoration was altered in the 19th century, in the Second Empire style. The dwelling, the outbuildings and the neo-Gothic chapel are integrated into a park bordered by vast terraces. The park overlooks a tower topped with a Virgin.

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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