Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Pont sur la Truyère
Entraygues-sur-Truyère, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Pont sur la Truyère : classement par arrêté du 16 septembre 1927
- Protection dates
- 1927/09/16 : classé MH
- Type
- pont
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Entraygues-sur-Truyère
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.64958, 2.56706
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094014
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "16 Rodez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancien pont de cinq arches franchissant la Truyère, pouvant dater du 14e siècle. Les piles ont un be c du côté de l'amont, et les arches sont à double rouleau. Ce pont médiéval est l'un des rares à avoir survécu en Aveyron.
English translation
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History
Former bridge of five arches spanning the Truyère, possibly dating from the 14th century. The piles have a beak on the upstream side, and the arches are of double barrel vault. This medieval bridge is one of the few to have survived in Aveyron.
Nearby in the register
- Maison Vialettemaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.