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Château de Lamargé

Fontanges, Cantal, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château, y compris les murs de soutènement, les escaliers et les portails des clôtures et des terrasses (cad. B 64) : inscription par arrêté du 1er juillet 1986
Protection dates
1986/07/01 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 16e siècle, 18e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Fontanges
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.11466, 2.50331
Mérimée reference
PA00093512

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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

Remanié au cours des siècles, le château se compose d'une tour carrée du 14e siècle incorporée dans le corps de logis de la fin du 16e, de plan rectangulaire, cantonné de deux tours à chaque extrémité de sa façade sud. Au 18e siècle, agrandissement de l'édifice sur l'arrière, et ajout d'une aile. Des communs du 19e siècle et des terrasses d'époque classique l'entourent. A l'intérieur, décors d'époque dans l'aile du 18e siècle, composés de boiseries peintes, dessus de cheminée, parquets en bois fruitier, plafonds à rosaces et corniches.

English translation

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Remodelled over the centuries, the château comprises a square tower of the 14th century incorporated into the main dwelling of the end of the 16th, of rectangular plan, flanked by two towers at each end of its south façade. In the 18th century, enlargement of the building at the rear, and addition of a wing. Outbuildings of the 19th century and terraces of the classical period surround it. In the interior, decoration of the period in the wing of the 18th century, composed of painted woodwork, chimney-pieces, parquet flooring in fruitwood, ceilings with roses and cornices.

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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