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Restes du château fort

Alleuze, Cantal, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château (restes du) : inscription par arrêté du 9 mars 1927
Protection dates
1927/03/09 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle
Dates
1411
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Alleuze
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.95616, 3.09084
Mérimée reference
PA00093431

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice de plan carré, flanqué aux angles de tours rondes. Sa construction remonterait à la fin du 13e siècle. Ce château était un des postes de la citadelle de Saint-Flour. Ruiné en 1405 par les Sanflorains, il fut rebâti en 1411 sur le plan de l'ancien édifice. Les Huguenots le prirent en 1575. Les tours furent utilisées comme geôles par les évêques de Clermont. Cet édifice possède un plan caractéristique du 14e siècle.

English translation

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Building of square plan, flanked at the corners by round towers. Its construction would go back to the end of the 13th century. This château was one of the posts of the citadel of Saint-Flour. Ruined in 1405 by the Sanflorains, it was rebuilt in 1411 on the plan of the old building. The Huguenots took it in 1575. The towers were used as prisons by the bishops of Clermont. This building possesses a plan characteristic of the 14th century.

Nearby in the register

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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