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Château de Paluel

Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château de Paluel (cad. B 80, 81) : inscription par arrêté du 5 novembre 1927
Protection dates
1927/11/05 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.87751, 1.28696
Mérimée reference
PA00082908

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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

Edifié au 15e siècle sur l'emplacement d'un édifice du 13e, le château se compose d'un corps de logis flanqué de deux tours d'angle de part et d'autre de la tour d'escalier placée au centre du logis. Derrière ce bâtiment, et relié à lui par un étroit passage, un donjon rectangulaire du 12e siècle complète l'ensemble. Des mâchicoulis couronnent les tours et le corps de logis. Le donjon a conservé ses mâchicoulis de bois avec remplissage de torchis. Le château est entouré d'une enceinte de courtines.

English translation

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Built in the 15th century on the site of a building of the 13th, the château consists of a main building flanked by two angle towers on either side of the stair tower placed at the centre of the dwelling. Behind this building, and connected to it by a narrow passage, a rectangular keep of the 12th century completes the ensemble. Machicolations crown the towers and the main building. The keep has retained its wooden machicolations with clay and straw infill. The château is surrounded by a curtain wall enclosure.

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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