Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Sénergues, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures (cad. BK 81) : inscription par arrêté du 15 janvier 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/01/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Sénergues
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.60556, 2.48595
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094185
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La construction de l'édifice remonte au 11e siècle pour le donjon et au 12e pour le reste du château. L'édifice actuel est incomplet. Une partie fut rasée sous l'ordre du cardinal de Richelieu, et une autre incendiée à la Révolution.
English translation
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History
The construction of the building dates back to the 11th century for the keep and to the 12th for the rest of the castle. The present building is incomplete. Part was razed on the order of Cardinal Richelieu, and another was burned during the Revolution.