Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Marracq
Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Les ruines du château : classement par arrêté du 27 septembre 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/09/27 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1720
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Bayonne
- Département
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.47984, -1.48348
- Mérimée reference
- PA00084330
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château a été construit en 1720 par la reine douairière d'Espagne Marie Anna de Neubourg, veuve de Charles II. Ses héritiers le vendirent à la fin du 18e siècle aux évêques de Bayonne qui s'en servirent comme maison de campagne. Pendant la Révolution, il fut vendu comme bien national. En 1808, le maréchal Duroc en fit l'acquisition au nom de Napoléon Ier. L'empereur et Joséphine y séjournèrent. C'est là que furent discutées avec Charles IV, roi d'Espagne, les conditions du traité de Bayonne qui rétrocédait la couronne d'Espagne à Napoléon. En 1822, il fut mis à la disposition des officiers d'artillerie. En 1825, il fut ruiné par un incendie. Il n'en reste que deux pans de murs.
English translation
The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com
History
The castle was built in 1720 by the dowager queen of Spain Marie Anna of Neubourg, widow of Charles II. Her heirs sold it at the end of the 18th century to the bishops of Bayonne who used it as a country house. During the Revolution, it was sold as national property. In 1808, Marshal Duroc acquired it on behalf of Napoleon I. The emperor and Josephine stayed there. It was there that the conditions of the Treaty of Bayonne were discussed with Charles IV, king of Spain, which ceded the crown of Spain to Napoleon. In 1822, it was placed at the disposal of artillery officers. In 1825, it was ruined by fire. Only two sections of walls remain.
Nearby in the register
- Manège de Marracmanègeunder 1 mi
- Fontaine Saint-Léonfontaineunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Fortificationsfortification d'agglomérationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.