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Presbytère

La Couvertoirade, Aveyron, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Presbytère : classement par arrêté du 26 mai 1945
Protection dates
1945/05/26 : classé MH
Type
presbytère
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Couvertoirade
Département
Aveyron
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.91198, 3.31743
Mérimée reference
PA00094008

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La Couvertoirade fut une place forte dont la fondation remonte aux Templiers qui, en 1158, avaient été mis en possession du Larzac par Raymond Bérenger, comte de Barcelone et roi d'Aragon. En 1182, la donation au Temple fut confirmée. Après dissolution de l'ordre du Temple, plusieurs biens passèrent aux Hospitaliers en 1312. En 1562, la place résiste à un assaut des Protestants. En 1566, elle est prise par le capitaine huguenot Sausset, et reprise peu après par l'évêque Claude Briconnet de Lodève.

English translation

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La Couvertoirade was a stronghold whose foundation goes back to the Templars who, in 1158, had been put in possession of Larzac by Raymond Berenger, Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon. In 1182, the donation to the Temple was confirmed. After the dissolution of the Order of the Temple, several properties passed to the Hospitallers in 1312. In 1562, the stronghold resisted an assault by Protestants. In 1566, it was taken by the Huguenot captain Sausset, and retaken shortly after by the bishop Claude Briconnet of Lodève.

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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