Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Fontirou
Castella, Lot-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Murs de l'ancien donjon et structures apparentes, ainsi que le sol et le sous-sol de l'ensemble de la parcelle (cad. A 438) : inscription par arrêté du 30 mai 1990
- Protection dates
- 1990/05/30 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Commune
- Castella
- Département
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.31940, 0.71059
- Mérimée reference
- PA00084281
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "72 Castillonez, Velleneuve, La Reole." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château est cité dès 1259. Abandonné depuis le début du 19e siècle, la plus grande partie des bâtiments disparurent, à l'exception du donjon. Le donjon est entouré d'une enceinte avec des tours rondes, construite à la hâte au moment des guerres de Religion, ainsi que des bâtiments de service.
English translation
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History
The castle is mentioned from 1259 onwards. Abandoned since the beginning of the 19th century, the greater part of the buildings disappeared, with the exception of the keep. The keep is surrounded by an enceinte with round towers, hastily constructed at the time of the Wars of Religion, as well as service buildings.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.