Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Couzages
Chasteaux, Corrèze, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Vestiges et domaine du château, soit les vestiges et le sol des parcelles AD 218 (pigeonnier) , 228, 230 à 233, 237, 369, 372 (les vestiges et le domaine) : classement par arrêté du 26 février 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/02/26 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'un établissement public communal
- Lieu-dit
- Couzages
- Commune
- Chasteaux
- Département
- Corrèze
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.08861, 1.43742
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099712
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1785 map "35 Sarlat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Importance stratégique du château commandant la vallée de la Couze et ayant appartenu à la Vicomté de Turenne. Mention du château au 11e siècle, reconstruction du donjon au 13e siècle. Château vendu comme bien national en 1795. Pigeonnier recouvert d'un dôme. La morphologie des ouvertures du donjon, portes et fenêtres en arc brisé, permet de dater le donjon de l'époque gothique.
English translation
The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com
History
Strategic importance of the castle commanding the valley of the Couze and having belonged to the Viscounty of Turenne. Mention of the castle in the 11th century, reconstruction of the keep in the 13th century. Castle sold as national property in 1795. Dovecote covered with a dome. The morphology of the openings of the keep, doors and windows in pointed arch, allows dating of the keep to the Gothic period.
Nearby in the register
- Dolmen de la Chassagnedolmenunder 1 mi
- Menhir de Lapalainmenhir1 mi
- Église Saint-Saturninéglise1 mi
- Château de Lissacchâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.