Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Restes du château de Miramont
Barbaira, Aude, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château de Miramont (restes) (cad. B 213) : inscription par arrêté du 17 février 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/02/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Barbaira
- Département
- Aude
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.17073, 2.50028
- Mérimée reference
- PA00102552
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "19 Carcassonne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Certains auteurs attribuent la fondation de ce château-fort à Alaric, roi des Wisigoths. D'autres l'attribuent aux seigneurs de Capendu venus après la croisade albigeoise. Cette forteresse servait de poste avancé à la cité de Carcassonne.
English translation
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History
Some authors attribute the foundation of this stronghold to Alaric, king of the Visigoths. Others attribute it to the lords of Capendu who came after the Albigensian Crusade. This fortress served as an advanced post for the city of Carcassonne.
Nearby in the register
- glise Saint-Julien-et-Sainte-Basilisseéglise1 mi
- Tour Carbonacédifice fortifié2 mi
- Croix de métiercroix monumentale3 mi
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.