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Domaine du Martinet

Saint-Simon, Cantal, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures de la grange à abside dite grange vieille (cad. AY. 62) : inscription par arrêté du 1er août 1974
Protection dates
1974/08/01 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1670
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Simon
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.96099, 2.48029
Mérimée reference
PA00093660

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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

L'appellation du domaine provient de l'existence, au 17e siècle, d'un "martinet", usine à forger le cuivre. Cette grange à abside, construite en 1670, représenterait le dernier exemple d'un type de bâtiment agricole qui était fréquent dans cette région de l'Auvergne jusqu'à la Révolution. La grange est située au-dessus de l'étable pour faciliter l'alimentation du bétail et pour assurer la longue stabulation d'hiver. Un appentis, dit "védelat", d'époque plus récente, lui a été accolé au sud-ouest. Composé d'éléments disparates des 18e et 19e siècles, le château présente moins d'intérêt. Le parc a été refait au milieu du 19e siècle.

English translation

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The name of the estate comes from the existence, in the 17th century, of a "martinet", a copper-forging mill. This grange with an apse, built in 1670, would represent the last example of a type of agricultural building that was frequent in this region of Auvergne until the Revolution. The grange is situated above the stable to facilitate the feeding of livestock and to ensure long winter housing. A lean-to, called a "védelat", of more recent date, was added to it to the south-west. Composed of disparate elements from the 18th and 19th centuries, the château is of lesser interest. The park was remade in the middle of the 19th century.

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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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