Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Léotoing
Léotoing, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château (cad. E 437) : inscription par arrêté du 7 décembre 1992
- Protection dates
- 1992/12/07 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Léotoing
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.36189, 3.22027
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092965
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Première implantation d'un lieu fortifié au 11e siècle, vers 1060. Château actuel reconstruit par les Dauphins d'Auvergne vers 1261, agrandi et consolidé au 14e siècle. Architecture féodale sur la vallée de l'Allagnon.
English translation
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History
First establishment of a fortified place in the 11th century, around 1060. Present castle rebuilt by the Dauphins of Auvergne around 1261, enlarged and consolidated in the 14th century. Feudal architecture overlooking the valley of the Allagnon.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Vincentégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Torsiacchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Vernassalchâteau2 mi
- Château de Védrinesmaison forte2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.