Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines du Château fort de Blot-le-Rocher, dit Château Rocher
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Blot-le-Rocher dit Château Rocher (ruines) : classement par arrêté du 20 janvier 1913
- Protection dates
- 1913/01/20 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 13e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Blot-le-Rocher
- Commune
- Saint-Rémy-de-Blot
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.08923, 2.92804
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092385
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "51 Gannat, St. Pourcain." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château du 13e siècle, bâti par les seigneurs de Bourbon. Après avoir traversé un pont en maçonnerie franchissant le fossé, on aboutit à la porte d'entrée actuellement ruinée, et à l'enceinte extérieure. Une seconde enceinte existait devant les deux tours Est. Trois tours principales flanquaient les fronts Est et Nord.
English translation
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History
Castle of the 13th century, built by the lords of Bourbon. After crossing a masonry bridge spanning the moat, one reaches the entrance door currently in ruins, and the outer enclosure. A second enclosure existed in front of the two East towers. Three main towers flanked the East and North fronts.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.