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Maison

Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
façade sur rue et toiture correspondante ; ancienne tour du rempart (cad. AP 337) : inscription par arrêté du 14 mai 1973
Protection dates
1973/05/14 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
rue de la Halle
Commune
Sauxillanges
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.55225, 3.37375
Mérimée reference
PA00092419

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1712 map "Les Provinces et Gouvernemens Du Lionnois ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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En 927, le comte Acfred céda la curtis indominicata qu'il possédait à Sauxillanges pour y installer des religieux. Le monastère est rattaché à Cluny avant le milieu du 10e siècle. Une première enceinte se développa autour de ce noyau conventuel, plus tard enveloppée par une seconde enceinte plus vaste, par la suite elle-même entourée d'une troisième. De cette dernière enceinte, qui ne parait pas remonter au-delà de la fin du Moyen Age, restent quelques vestiges parmi lesquels le mieux conservé est une tour circulaire découronnée. Cette dernière est la seule des trois ou quatre tours de rempart qui subsistent, à avoir conservé approximativement sa hauteur primitive ainsi que ses encadrements et bouches à feu. La façade nord de l'ancien logis possédant cette tour en saillie, marque le tracé des fortifications.

English translation

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In 927, the count Acfred ceded the curtis indominicata which he possessed at Sauxillanges to establish monks there. The monastery is attached to Cluny before the middle of the 10th century. A first enclosure developed around this monastic nucleus, later enveloped by a second larger enclosure, subsequently itself surrounded by a third. Of this last enclosure, which does not appear to date beyond the end of the Middle Ages, remain some vestiges among which the best preserved is a circular tower without a crown. The latter is the only one of the three or four rampart towers which subsist to have preserved approximately its primitive height as well as its embrasures and gun ports. The north façade of the former dwelling possessing this tower projecting, marks the line of the fortifications.

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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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