Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Porte Roland
Montigny-le-Gannelon, Eure-et-Loir, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Porte Roland : inscription par arrêté du 3 février 1928
- Protection dates
- 1928/02/03 : inscrit MH
- Type
- porte de ville
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montigny-le-Gannelon
- Département
- Eure-et-Loir
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.01412, 1.23522
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097159
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 "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Porte semblant dater du 12e siècle, ou du début du 13e comme l'indiquent la corniche à modillons qui la couronne et le profil des contreforts. Les dispositions visibles pour assurer la clôture de la porte, indiquent une porte d'enceinte. Son sol a été fortement abaissé.
English translation
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History
Gate appearing to date from the 12th century, or from the early 13th as indicated by the corbelled cornice that crowns it and the profile of the buttresses. The visible arrangements to ensure the closing of the gate indicate an enclosure gate. Its floor has been considerably lowered.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien poste du 12e sièclecorps de gardeunder 1 mi
- Château, actuellement musée agricolechâteauunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Georgeséglise1 mi
- Ancien prieuré de Notre-Dame d'Yronprieuré2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.