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Château du Doux

Yolet, Cantal, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château et chapelle, y compris leurs décors intérieurs (cad. ZK 5, 6) : inscription par arrêté du 21 août 1992
Protection dates
1992/08/21 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1850
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Yolet
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.91784, 2.54370
Mérimée reference
PA00093755

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "15 Aurillac." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Château construit vers 1850, de style néo-classique, influencé par les architectes de la fin du 18e siècle. La présence de niches, de l'étage attique, le plan ramassé et la couverture en tuile canal lui confèrent une allure de villa palladienne. La chapelle qui fait face au château est de style troubadour. Le château se composait d'une aile principale flanquée de deux avant-corps latéraux. La travée droite du corps central et l'avant-corps correspondant ont aujourd'hui disparu. Elevé sur un étage de soubassement, il se compose de deux étages nobles surmontés d'un attique. A l'intérieur, au rez-de-chaussée, les pièces s'ordonnent en enfilade autour de la cage d'escalier centrale. Décor bourgeois du milieu du 19e avec cheminées, placards, boiseries.

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Castle built around 1850, of neo-classical style, influenced by architects of the end of the 18th century. The presence of niches, of the attic storey, the compact plan and the barrel tile roof give it the appearance of a Palladian villa. The chapel which faces the castle is of troubadour style. The castle was composed of a main wing flanked by two lateral avant-corps. The straight bay of the central body and the corresponding avant-corps have today disappeared. Elevated on a basement storey, it is composed of two noble storeys surmounted by an attic. Inside, on the ground floor, the rooms are arranged in enfilade around the central staircase cage. Bourgeois décor of the middle of the 19th century with fireplaces, cupboards, panelling.

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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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