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Pont roman

Barbaste, Lot-et-Garonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Pont roman sur la Gélise (non cadastré) : classement par arrêté du 30 novembre 1960
Protection dates
1960/11/30 : classé MH
Type
pont
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
C.V.O. 1 de Barbaste à Nérac
Commune
Barbaste
Département
Lot-et-Garonne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.17022, 0.28894
Mérimée reference
PA00084071

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1778 map "73 Agen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ouvrage construit au 12e ou 13e siècle, à dix arches en plein cintre, terminé par un moulin fortifié dit "les tours de Barbaste". Sur chacune des piles s'ouvrent des avant-becs qui sont autant de gares flanquantes et d'évitement des deux côtés du tablier. Sur la rive gauche, le pont s'arrêtait à cinq mètres de la route. Il paraît certain qu'il était défendu par un pont-levis qui se rabattait sur le chemin.

English translation

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Structure built in the 12th or 13th century, with ten round arches, ended by a fortified mill called 'the towers of Barbaste'. On each of the piers open avant-becs which are as many flanking berths and passing places on both sides of the deck. On the left bank, the bridge stopped at five metres from the road. It seems certain that it was defended by a drawbridge which folded back onto the path.

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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