Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château d'Ardus
Lamothe-Capdeville, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures ; salon de musique avec son décor (cad. D 695) : classement par arrêté du 11 octobre 1971
- Protection dates
- 1971/10/11 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1780
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Lamothe-Capdeville
- Département
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.07501, 1.37232
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095769
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Demeure de plaisance édifiée par un président de la cour des Aides de la Généralité de Montauban. L'ensemble se compose d'une maison principale et de deux ailes. Attique à colonnes, fronton triangulaire, communs de chaque côté du bâtiment principal. Au centre, salon rotonde décoré par Ingres père. Le pigeonnier d'époque présente une garniture de briques vernissées. Au fond du parc à la française se trouve l'orangerie.
English translation
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History
Pleasure dwelling built by a president of the court of Aides of the Generality of Montauban. The ensemble is composed of a main house and two wings. Attic with columns, triangular pediment, outbuildings on each side of the main building. At the centre, a rotunda salon decorated by Ingres the elder. The dovecote of the period displays a facing of glazed bricks. At the far end of the French formal garden is found the orangery.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.