Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines du château
Puivert, Aude, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Château (ruines) : classement par arrêté du 6 juillet 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/07/06 : classé MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Puivert
- Département
- Aude
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.92108, 2.05520
- Mérimée reference
- PA00102872
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 Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice à plan régulier, présentant une vaste place d'armes rectangulaire, bordée de courtines avec archères dans le bas. Des bâtiments y étaient adossés côté nord. Les milieux des faces nord et sud sont flanqués d'une tour, ronde au nord, ornée de bossages, et carrée au sud. La grande entrée est placée à l'est. Un énorme donjon carré forme le fond. Au pied de la face orientale du donjon est placé l'escalier qui menait au chemin de ronde et une poterne. Le donjon date de la fin du 13e siècle et comprend quatre étages couverts par des voûtes en huit parties. L'habitation seigneuriale, complètement ruinée, était située entre le donjon et la pointe occidentale.
English translation
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History
Building with regular plan, presenting a vast rectangular parade ground, bordered by curtain walls with arrow slits in the lower part. Buildings were attached to it on the north side. The middles of the north and south faces are flanked by a tower, round to the north, decorated with rustication, and square to the south. The main entrance is placed to the east. An enormous square keep forms the background. At the foot of the east face of the keep is placed the staircase which led to the wall-walk and a postern. The keep dates from the end of the 13th century and comprises four storeys covered by vaults in eight sections. The seigneurial dwelling, completely ruined, was situated between the keep and the western point.