Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
ancien château de Lau
Laujuzan, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Georges (cad. B 767) : inscription par arrêté du 5 octobre 1981
- Protection dates
- 1981/10/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Lau
- Commune
- Laujuzan
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.78574, -0.10583
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094835
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 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
Cette chapelle est ce qui reste d'un château pillé pendant les guerres de Religion puis rasé par Richelieu. Il fut reconstruit mais s'effondra à la fin du 18e siècle. La chapelle abrite le caveau de la famille de Lau, autrefois précédé d'un mausolée détruit à la Révolution par les habitants. L'église paroissiale ayant également été détruite pendant les guerres de Religion, cette chapelle servit d'église à la population. L'édifice est accolé à une aile de l'ancien château, dont il ne reste plus que trois façades formant cour. Après la porte en arc brisé, l'espace voûté est couvert en berceau brisé. Le fond est occupé par une tribune en bois.
English translation
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History
This chapel is what remains of a château pillaged during the Wars of Religion and then razed by Richelieu. It was rebuilt but collapsed at the end of the 18th century. The chapel houses the vault of the de Lau family, formerly preceded by a mausoleum destroyed at the Revolution by the inhabitants. The parish church having also been destroyed during the Wars of Religion, this chapel served as a church for the population. The building is adjoined by a wing of the old château, of which only three façades forming a courtyard remain. After the broken-arc door, the vaulted space is covered with a broken barrel vault. The end is occupied by a wooden gallery.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.