Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Léberon
Cassaigne, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Ensemble des façades et toitures (cad. E 127) : inscription par arrêté du 4 novembre 1963
- Protection dates
- 1963/11/04 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Cassaigne
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.89543, 0.36491
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094756
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 — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Si les débuts du château remontent au 13e siècle, la majeure partie de l'édifice appartient à la Renaissance. La tour ronde peut dater du 14e siècle. Le corps de logis constitue sans doute la partie la plus ancienne de l'ensemble.
English translation
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History
If the beginnings of the château date back to the 13th century, the greater part of the building belongs to the Renaissance. The round tower may date from the 14th century. The main dwelling constitutes without doubt the oldest part of the whole.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne abbaye de Flaranabbayeunder 1 mi
- Château de Tauziachâteau1 mi
- Pigeonnier du Pujoulépigeonnier1 mi
- château de Fondelinchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.