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Porte de la Jane

Cordes-sur-Ciel, Tarn, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Porte de la Jane (cad. B1 473, 470) : classement par arrêté du 28 novembre 1962
Protection dates
1962/11/28 : classé MH
Type
porte de ville
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Commune
Cordes-sur-Ciel
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.06397, 1.94889
Mérimée reference
PA00095542

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1705 map "Gouvernement General de Languedoc et Partie de celuy de Guienne et Gascogne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Enceinte construite par le comte de Toulouse, Raimond VII, terminée dans ses parties essentielles en 1229. La porte d'entrée est en plein cintre, surmontée d'une échauguette flanquée à l'est et à l'ouest d'une tour. Le parement intérieur de la porte est probablement contemporain de la fondation de la bastide.

English translation

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Enclosure built by the count of Toulouse, Raymond VII, completed in its essential parts in 1229. The entrance gate is a round arch, surmounted by a watch turret flanked to the east and west by a tower. The interior facing of the gate is probably contemporary with the foundation of the bastide.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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