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Porte

Egletons, Corrèze, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Porte située sur la place (vieille) : inscription par arrêté du 19 mars 1927
Protection dates
1927/03/19 : inscrit MH
Type
porte
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
;
Commune
Egletons
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.40545, 2.04532
Mérimée reference
PA00099770

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Porte provenant des ruines du château de Ventadour. Le tympan représente un personnage coiffé d'une sorte de mitre, imberbe, jambes nues, épaules couvertes d'un petit manteau. Il est à califourchon sur un lion qu'il cherche à maîtriser. Selon la tradition, cette porte était celle de la prison du château. La porte et son tympan ont été transposées sur la façade d'une maison particulière.

English translation

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Door from the ruins of Ventadour castle. The tympanum depicts a figure wearing a sort of mitre, beardless, with bare legs, shoulders covered by a small cloak. He is astride a lion which he seeks to master. According to tradition, this door was that of the castle prison. The door and its tympanum have been transposed onto the facade of a private house.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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