Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Ceint-d'Eau
Figeac, Lot, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Trois tours et logis du 18e siècle : inscription par arrêté du 30 octobre 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/10/30 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Figeac
- Département
- Lot
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.59578, 1.99208
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095072
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "16 Rodez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice se compose de trois tours du 16e siècle, d'un corps de logis du 18e et d'adjonctions du 20e siècle rappelant la Renaissance italienne.
English translation
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History
The building is composed of three towers of the 16th century, a main dwelling of the 18th and additions of the 20th century recalling Italian Renaissance.
Nearby in the register
- Deux obélisques ou aiguillesmonument2 mi
- Pigeonnier du manoir d'Etempespigeonnier2 mi
- Hôpitalhôpital2 mi
- Église des Carmes ou église Saint-Thomas-Becketéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.