Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Espas, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château (parties subsistantes) (cad. A 769) : classement par arrêté du 2 mai 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/05/02 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Espas
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.78132, 0.07234
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094795
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Quadrilatère flanqué de quatre tours carrées. L'absence totale de décor accentue la sobriété de cet édifice à vocation essentiellement militaire. Le seul aménagement, fait vraisemblablement au 17e siècle, consiste en une petite maison de pierre accolée à l'édifice principal et où se trouvent les seules pièces habitables. A l'intérieur, trois piliers à intervalle régulier devaient supporter un plancher. Pas de trace de créneaux ni de mâchicoulis au sommet des murs. Le château fut démantelé sous Richelieu.
English translation
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History
Quadrilateral flanked by four square towers. The complete absence of decoration accentuates the austerity of this building with essentially military function. The only arrangement, made presumably in the 17th century, consists of a small stone house attached to the main building and where are found the only habitable rooms. Inside, three pillars at regular intervals were to support a floor. No trace of crenellations or machicolations at the top of the walls. The castle was dismantled under Richelieu.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.