Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Tour du Prince-de-Galles
Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour du Prince-de-Galles : classement par arrêté du 12 juillet 1886
- Protection dates
- 1886/07/12 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Commune
- Thouars
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.97545, -0.21223
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101389
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 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ouvrage faisant partie des remparts de la ville, ayant servi de dépôt puis de prison.
English translation
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History
Work forming part of the ramparts of the city, having served as a depot then as a prison.
Nearby in the register
- Maison du Président Tindeau ou Hôtel Tyndohôtelunder 1 mi
- Restes des anciens rempartsenceinteunder 1 mi
- Tour du Prévôtédifice fortifiéunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Médardégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.