Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Pont de Maday
Loubressac, Lot, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Pont de Maday (cad. non cadastré ; domaine public) : inscription par arrêté du 2 mai 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/05/02 : inscrit MH
- Type
- pont
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété du département
- Commune
- Loubressac
- Département
- Lot
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.89047, 1.80553
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095148
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 — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1785 map "35 Sarlat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ce pont est le plus ancien de la région. Il est situé sur le Cami Roumieu, chemin des pèlerins de Clermont-Ferrand et du Puy-en-Velay qui se rendait à Rocamadour. Le pont repose sur trois arches dont une en ogive qui peut être datée du 14e siècle. Les deux autres ont été rebâties en 1725.
English translation
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History
This bridge is the oldest in the region. It is situated on the Cami Roumieu, the path of pilgrims from Clermont-Ferrand and Le Puy-en-Velay who were going to Rocamadour. The bridge rests on three arches, one of which is pointed and can be dated to the 14th century. The other two were rebuilt in 1725.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Gilles de Bonnevioleégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Castelnau-de-Bretenouxchâteau fort1 mi
- Église du château de Castelnau-de-Bretenouxéglise1 mi
- Église Saint-Jean-Baptisteéglise1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.