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Six colombiers

Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Colombiers (six) (cad. D 118, 346, 986 ; ZA 29 ; ZC 137) : inscription par arrêté du 17 janvier 1978
Protection dates
1978/01/17 : inscrit MH
Type
colombier, pigeonnier
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
les Quatre Chemins ; le Breuil ; Issac ; Las Rasas ; Lassalas ; Lachat
Commune
Saint-Saturnin
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.65958, 3.08678
Mérimée reference
PA00092389

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Les six pigeonniers, construits en maçonnerie de moëllons enduits, couverts en lauze (sauf le n°3 en tuiles canal) , se différencient les uns des autres dans leur hauteur et leur toiture, tantôt conique avec lanternon, tantôt à pente unique. Leur construction cylindrique laisse supposer une date antérieure au 16e siècle (période d'apparition des bâtiments carrés) , pour les autres un peu plus récente. Ils pourraient avoir été érigés par les barons de la Tour d'Auvergne qui ont possédé Saint-Saturnin du 12e siècle jusqu'en 1668. Les aménagements intérieurs ont disparu. Le colombier n°6 conserve, à l'extérieur, des traces de peintures anciennes représentant des feuillages.

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

The six dovecotes, built in rubble-stone masonry with render, covered with stone slates (except no. 3 with barrel tiles), differ from each other in their height and their roof, sometimes conical with a small lantern-turret, sometimes with a single slope. Their cylindrical construction suggests a date earlier than the 16th century (period of appearance of square buildings), for the others somewhat more recent. They could have been erected by the barons of the Tower of Auvergne who owned Saint-Saturnin from the 12th century until 1668. The interior fittings have disappeared. The dovecote no. 6 retains, on the outside, traces of old paintings representing foliage.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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