Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Penne
Penne, Tarn, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Les ruines du château : classement par arrêté du 2 mai 1902
- Protection dates
- 1902/05/02 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Commune
- Penne
- Département
- Tarn
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.07831, 1.72768
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095615
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 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
A partir de 1211 et pendant quatre ans, le château subit le siège des troupes de Simon de Montfort descendu dans le Midi lutter contre l'hérésie albigeoise. Un deuxième siège eut lieu en 1228, mené par le roi. Bien qu'Amaury de Monfort eût cédé au roi de France ses droits sur le Midi, Penne refusa d'ouvrir ses portes aux Français. Plus tard, la forteresse fut également occupée par les Anglais et les routiers. Son importance diminua avec l'usage de l'artillerie. Penne finit démantelée. Une partie des courtines des remparts est encore visible, de même que la porte principale avec les deux tours qui la flanquaient, et ce qui servit de donjon.
English translation
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History
From 1211 and for four years, the castle underwent siege by the troops of Simon de Montfort descended into the Midi to fight against the Albigensian heresy. A second siege took place in 1228, led by the king. Although Amaury de Montfort had ceded to the king of France his rights over the Midi, Penne refused to open its gates to the French. Later, the fortress was also occupied by the English and the routiers. Its importance diminished with the use of artillery. Penne was eventually dismantled. Part of the curtain walls of the ramparts is still visible, as is the main gate with the two towers that flanked it, and what served as the keep.
Nearby in the register
- Église Sainte-Catherineégliseunder 1 mi
- Grotte de la Magdeleinegrotte1 mi
- Site archéologique de la grotte de Bruniquelgrotte3 mi
- Forges de Caussanusforge anglaise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.