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Maison dite Casteras

Casseuil, Gironde, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Tour avec son escalier (cad. AH 401) : inscription par arrêté du 30 mai 1990
Protection dates
1990/05/30 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Dates
1550
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Casseuil
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.58454, -0.11544
Mérimée reference
PA00083873

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "105 Bazas." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit vers le milieu du 16e siècle, le bâtiment appartenait à la famille de Pardaillan. Le 2 octobre 1578 s'y déroula la rencontre entre Henri de Navarre et Catherine de Médicis qui lui ramenait son épouse, Marguerite de Valois, dont il était séparé depuis sa fuite hors de Paris. Le logis primitif a été agrandi, côté ouest, par l'adjonction de divers bâtiments au 19e siècle. Ce logis comporte un bâtiment rectangulaire d'un étage contre lequel s'appuie, au centre du côté sud, une tour polygonale. Celle-ci abrite l'escalier en vis desservant les niveaux de l'édifice. De part et d'autre de cette tour, la façade sud conserve des fenêtres à meneaux moulurés. Les autres côtés de la demeure ont été modifiés mais des embrasures de tir sont encore visibles sur la façade nord.

English translation

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Built around the mid-16th century, the building belonged to the Pardaillan family. On 2 October 1578 took place there the meeting between Henri of Navarre and Catherine de Medici who was bringing back to him his wife, Marguerite of Valois, from whom he had been separated since his flight from Paris. The original dwelling was enlarged, on the west side, by the addition of various buildings in the 19th century. This dwelling comprises a rectangular building of one storey against which leans, at the centre of the south side, a polygonal tower. This houses the spiral staircase serving the levels of the building. On either side of this tower, the south façade retains mullioned and moulded windows. The other sides of the residence have been modified but loopholes are still visible on the north façade.

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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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