Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour Morand
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- La tour : classement par arrêté du 12 septembre 1931
- Protection dates
- 1931/09/12 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de l'État
- Address
- 56 rue du Taur
- Commune
- Toulouse
- Département
- Haute-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.60709, 1.44235
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094641
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "Le Diocese de Toulouse" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Tour remontant sans doute au 12e siècle, comprenant deux salles superposées voûtées d'arêtes sur arcs diagonaux de section rectangulaire et un derniere étage sous comble.
English translation
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History
Tower dating probably from the 12th century, comprising two superposed chambers vaulted with ribs on diagonal arcs of rectangular section and a final storey under roof space.
Nearby in the register
- Petit Séminaire (ou Hôtel d'Hautpoul)séminaireunder 1 mi
- Ancien grand séminaireséminaireunder 1 mi
- Ancien collège Saint-Raymondcollègeunder 1 mi
- Bibliothèque municipalebibliothèqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.