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Porte du Palais (ou Porte Cailhau)

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Porte du Palais (ou Porte Cailhau) (cad. KL 0324) : classement par arrêté du 28 mai 1883
Protection dates
1883/05/28 : classé MH
Type
porte de ville
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de la Porte-Cailhau
Commune
Bordeaux
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.83875, -0.56849
Mérimée reference
PA00083477

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1696 map "Bourdeaux" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ouvrage de la fin du 15e siècle, composé de deux tours réunies par une face plane et couronnées par trois flèches distinctes. Au centre se trouve un campanile très élancé. Cette porte était flanquée de courtines à droite et à gauche et formait l'entrée d'une première enceinte.

English translation

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Work of the end of the 15th century, composed of two towers joined by a flat face and crowned by three distinct spires. In the center is found a very slender campanile. This gate was flanked by curtain walls to the right and left and formed the entrance to a first 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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