Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Tauzia
Maignaut-Tauzia, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Tauzia (ruines) : inscription par arrêté du 14 novembre 1942
- Protection dates
- 1942/11/14 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 13e siècle, 16e siècle
- Commune
- Maignaut-Tauzia
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.89422, 0.38888
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094852
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
Ce château est l'un des plus beaux exemples de châteaux dits "gascons" du Moyen-Age. Les fenêtres de la façade sud ont été percées au 16e siècle. Une large brèche éventre le mur, signalant l'emplacement de l'ancien escalier.
English translation
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History
This château is one of the finest examples of so-called "Gascon" châteaux of the Middle Ages. The windows of the south façade were pierced in the 16th century. A large breach tears open the wall, marking the location of the old staircase.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne abbaye de Flaranabbayeunder 1 mi
- Pigeonnier - octroi et fontainepigeonnierunder 1 mi
- Château de Léberonchâteau1 mi
- Pigeonnier du Pujoulépigeonnier1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.