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Tour dite la Barbacane

Cordes-sur-Ciel, Tarn, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Tour dite la Barbacane : inscription par arrêté du 13 juillet 1927
Protection dates
1927/07/13 : inscrit MH
Type
édifice fortifié
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Cordes-sur-Ciel
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.06298, 1.95371
Mérimée reference
PA00095549

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IGN France — Géoportail

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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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Haute tour de pierre circulaire portée sur un fort empattement en maçonnerie, se rattachant à la troisième enceinte de la ville et en défendant l'approche. La tour, aujourd'hui découronnée, est éclairée par une fenêtre en croix du 15e siècle. Une fausse tour lui fait suite vers l'ouest.

English translation

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High circular stone tower set on a strong masonry foundation, forming part of the third circuit of walls of the town and defending the approach to it. The tower, now without its upper works, is lit by a 15th-century cross-shaped opening. A false tower succeeds it to the west.

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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