Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Selves
Grand-Vabre, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château, y compris la chapelle, la grange-étable et le séchoir à châtaignes (cad. G 353, 355) : classement par arrêté du 31 août 1992
- Protection dates
- 1992/08/31 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 1ère moitié 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1522, 1560, 1625
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- Hameau de la Vinzelle
- Commune
- Grand-Vabre
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.64411, 2.33670
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094037
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
Le château est mentionné pour la première fois en 1522. L'édifice de plan carré devait être cantonné d'une tour à chaque angle. Celle du sud-est contient l'escalier à vis et est la seule à avoir conservé un mâchicoulis et sa toiture d'origine. La tour sud-ouest a conservé ses corbeaux. Chapelle de 1625. Décor intérieur du 18e siècle, composé de lambris peints.
English translation
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History
The château is mentioned for the first time in 1522. The square-planned building must have been flanked by a tower at each angle. That of the south-east contains the spiral staircase and is the only one to have preserved a machicolation and its original roof. The south-west tower has preserved its corbels. Chapel of 1625. Interior decoration of the 18th century, composed of painted wainscoting.