Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Pompignac
Loubaresse, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Pompignac : inscription par arrêté du 1er octobre 1941
- Protection dates
- 1941/10/01 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 1ère moitié 14e siècle
- Dates
- 1342
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Loubaresse
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.94103, 3.19447
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093537
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1780 map "54 Saint-Flour." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château construit en 1342 par le comte d'Armagnac. Deux tourelles ont été rasées au niveau du corps de logis en 1790, ainsi que le chemin de ronde. Le plan présente un grand rectangle flanqué de tourelles sur deux faces opposées, l'une renferme un escalier, l'autre permet l'accès aux latrines. L'intérieur comprendrait des salles voûtées et de grandes cheminées.
English translation
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History
Castle built in 1342 by the count of Armagnac. Two turrets were razed at the level of the main building in 1790, as was the parapet walk. The plan presents a large rectangle flanked by turrets on two opposite faces, one of which contains a staircase, the other providing access to the latrines. The interior would comprise vaulted halls and great fireplaces.
Nearby in the register
- Ferme Allègre dite Maison du Paysanfermeunder 1 mi
- Ferme Torrette dite la Vieille Maisonfermeunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Martinéglise2 mi
- Maison Roudilmaison2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.