Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien château fort
Mezel, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château : inscription par arrêté du 12 novembre 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/11/12 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Mezel
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.75539, 3.24169
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092186
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 LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailTexas A&M University Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cet ancien château présente encore un système assez complet de fortifications (chemin de ronde à créneaux, tours avec meurtrières...).
English translation
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History
This former château still presents a fairly complete system of fortifications (crenellated wall walk, towers with loopholes...).
Nearby in the register
- Oppidum du Puy du Mur (également sur communes de Vertaizon et Mezel)site archéologique1 mi
- Maison Rudel du Miralmaison2 mi
- Église Saint-Julienéglise2 mi
- Ancienne église Sainte-Marieéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.