Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour de l'Horloge
Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour de l'Horloge : classement par arrêté du 28 décembre 1910
- Protection dates
- 1910/12/28 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1505
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- 23 rue de l'horloge
- Commune
- Dinan
- Département
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.45319, -2.04349
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089140
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Tour construite en 1505 à la demande d'Anne de Bretagne. Symbole de la puissance communale, la tour sert d'hôtel de ville jusqu'à la Révolution.
English translation
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History
Tower built in 1505 at the request of Anne of Brittany. Symbol of municipal power, the tower serves as town hall until the Revolution.
Nearby in the register
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Maison dite du Gisantmaisonunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.