Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines de la tour du Puy d'Yssandon
Yssandon, Corrèze, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour du Puy d'Yssandon (ruines) (cad. AB 91) : classement par arrêté du 18 juin 1963
- Protection dates
- 1963/06/18 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Yssandon
- Département
- Corrèze
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.21120, 1.36718
- Mérimée reference
- PA00099963
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "34 Tulle, Pompadour." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Vestiges d'une tour de signaux ou de guet témoignant des fins militaires auxquelles fut utilisé cet observatoire. Le Puy d'Yssandon semble avoir été un oppidum gaulois, peut-être un camp romain, et un castrum connu dès 573 par le testament de Saint-Yrieix. Pépin le Bref s'en empare au cours de la lutte contre Waïffre, duc d'Aquitaine (760-768). Par la suite, la tour appartint au seigneur du Luc et le château, dont elle est l'unique vestige depuis le 15e siècle, commandait le pays. La tour est construite en maçonnerie de granit suivant un appareillage régulier.
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
Remains of a signal or watch tower bearing witness to the military purposes to which this observation point was put. Puy d'Yssandon appears to have been a Gallic oppidum, perhaps a Roman camp, and a castrum known from 573 onwards by the testament of Saint-Yrieix. Pepin the Short seized it during his struggle against Waïffre, Duke of Aquitaine (760-768). Subsequently, the tower belonged to the lord of Luc and the castle, of which it is the sole remaining vestige since the 15th century, commanded the surrounding land. The tower is built of granite masonry following regular coursing.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.