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Château de Peyrelade

Saint-Saturnin, Cantal, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 16 septembre 1949
Protection dates
1949/09/16 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Saturnin
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.24355, 2.77397
Mérimée reference
PA00093656

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ce château est une construction massive en pierres, comportant deux étages dont le premier est construit sur voûtes et le second sur poutres et solivettes en bois. Sur la façade principale, une tour cylindrique placée vers le milieu abrite un escalier en pierre à noyau plein. L'entrée se trouve à la base de cette tour, constituée par un fronton triangulaire reposant sur deux pilastres. Dans l'écusson placé au milieu du fronton se déchiffre le millésime 1012. Une tour flanque la façade latérale Est. Elle comportait un escalier qui a été démoli. En 1887, une nouvelle distribution a été faite au premier étage, avec des cloisons en menuiserie.

English translation

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This castle is a massive construction in stone, comprising two storeys of which the first is built on vaults and the second on beams and small joists in wood. On the main facade, a cylindrical tower placed towards the middle houses a stone staircase with a solid newel. The entrance is found at the base of this tower, formed by a triangular pediment resting on two pilasters. In the escutcheon placed in the middle of the pediment the date 1012 can be read. A tower flanks the East lateral facade. It had a staircase which has been demolished. In 1887, a new layout was made on the first floor, with timber partitions.

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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