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Château de Castelnoubel

Bon-Encontre, Lot-et-Garonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château de Castelnoubel (cad. B 347) : inscription par arrêté du 8 août 1966
Protection dates
1966/08/08 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Bon-Encontre
Département
Lot-et-Garonne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.21898, 0.71049
Mérimée reference
PA00084080

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Languedoc, occidentale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château fort comprend une enceinte de remparts renforcée aux angles par quatre grosses tours rondes avec archères et trous de couleuvrines. La base de la construction s'appuie sur le rocher. Un pont-levis enjambe le fossé naturel. Un corps de logis barlong éclairé par des fenêtres à meneaux, se trouve sur la façade d'entrée. L'accès se fait par une porte centrale donnant sur une galerie à deux étages sur croisées d'ogives formant cloître, ornée au premier étage de boiseries du 15e siècle. Au nord, tourelle en encorbellement du 15e siècle.

English translation

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The fortress comprises an enceinte of ramparts reinforced at the angles by four large round towers with arrow-slits and gun-ports. The base of the construction rests on the rock. A drawbridge spans the natural moat. An oblong main dwelling lit by mullioned windows is found on the entrance façade. Access is by a central door giving onto a gallery on two floors with rib vaults forming a cloister, decorated on the first floor with 15th-century woodwork. To the north, a corbelled turret of the 15th century.

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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