Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour dite de l'Horloge
Beaugency, Loiret, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour dite de l'Horloge (cad. F4 943) : classement par arrêté du 5 septembre 1922
- Protection dates
- 1922/09/05 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- 36 rue du Change
- Commune
- Beaugency
- Département
- Loiret
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.77828, 1.63063
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098701
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 1760 map "28 Vendome." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La tour de l'Horloge, connue autrefois sous le nom de Tour du Change, appartient par sa construction au Moyen Age, sans qu'on puisse en préciser la date. C'était l'ancienne porte Vendômoise. Sa forme est carrée. En 1680, de considérables réparations furent réalisées, sur un plan dressé par l'architecte Jarry-Lemaire. Elle reçut son couvrement actuel. La partie supérieure plus élevée était une lanterne octogone couverte en plomb, qui se terminait pas une plate-forme ornée d'une balustrade. En 1763, la charpente fut reconstruite avec un dôme en plomb. En 1853, l'horloge de la ville fut installée dans cette tour.
English translation
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History
The Clock Tower, formerly known as the Tower of Exchange, belongs by its construction to the Middle Ages, without being able to specify the date. It was the former Vendômoise gate. Its form is square. In 1680, considerable repairs were carried out, according to a plan drawn up by the architect Jarry-Lemaire. It received its present covering. The higher upper part was an octagonal lantern covered in lead, which ended with a platform decorated with a balustrade. In 1763, the roof structure was rebuilt with a lead dome. In 1853, the town clock was installed in this tower.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne prisonprisonunder 1 mi
- Hôtel de villehôtel de villeunder 1 mi
- Maison à pans de boismaisonunder 1 mi
- église Saint-Étienneégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.