Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château d'Oyez
Saint-Simon, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures (cad. AP 123) : inscription par arrêté du 22 novembre 1972
- Protection dates
- 1972/11/22 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Simon
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.97645, 2.51497
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093659
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 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château existait au 14e siècle et porte le nom de ses propriétaires de l'époque. L'édifice se compose d'un corps de logis rectangulaire, flanqué d'une grosse tour circulaire à son angle nord-est, d'une échauguette octogonale à son angle sud-est, et d'une tourelle à pans coupés sur la façade ouest, laquelle présente une porte du 16e siècle. Décors sculptés autour des fenêtres. Un bâtiment rectangulaire, à usage de communs, a été ajouté postérieurement au nord de ce château. A l'intérieur, le décor présente un caractère artistique rare dans les campagnes de Haute-Auvergne.
English translation
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History
The castle existed in the 14th century and bears the name of its owners of that period. The edifice is composed of a rectangular main dwelling, flanked by a large circular tower at its north-east angle, an octagonal echauguette at its south-east angle, and a cut-off turret on the west façade, which presents a door of the 16th century. Sculptural decoration around the windows. A rectangular building, for use as outbuildings, was added later to the north of this castle. Internally, the decoration presents an artistic character rare in the countryside of Haute-Auvergne.
Nearby in the register
- Château de la Laubiechâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Clavièreschâteau1 mi
- Église Saint-Sigismondéglise2 mi
- Domaine du Martinetmaison2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.