Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Theyrargues
Rivières, Gard, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et couverture de la tour Est (cad. A 116) : inscription par arrêté du 19 avril 1974
- Protection dates
- 1974/04/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Commune
- Rivières
- Département
- Gard
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.22761, 4.28149
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103180
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IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Parie Orientale Du Gouvernement General De Languedoc .." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château contribuait, au 14e siècle, à la défense occidentale d'Avignon et du Venaissin. A l'origine, il se présentait comme un quadrilatère avec quatre corps de logis formant une cour centrale et quatre tours d'angle. De ce château du 14e siècle subsiste le corps principal de bâtiment (aile ouest) encadré de deux grosses tours rondes. Ce corps a en partie brûlé à la Révolution puis a été restauré en 1801. Il présente, côté cour, un avant-corps proéminent surmonté d'un crénelage moderne. Le rez-de-chaussée et les tours ont été épargnés par l'incendie. La tour sud date de la fin du 14e siècle ; celle du nord du début de ce même siècle. Le crénelage qui les couronne date des années 1900-1914. La façade sud est encadrée de deux tours rondes de la fin du 14e siècle. L'aile Est qui fermait primitivement la cour a été abattue à une époque indéterminée. La façade sud a été transformée en terrasse et surmontée de créneaux modernes.
English translation
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History
The castle contributed, in the 14th century, to the western defence of Avignon and Venaissin. Originally, it was presented as a quadrilateral with four main dwellings forming a central courtyard and four corner towers. Of this 14th-century castle, the principal body of building (west wing) framed by two large round towers remains. This body partly burned during the Revolution and was then restored in 1801. It presents, on the courtyard side, a prominent forward section surmounted by modern crenellations. The ground floor and towers were spared by the fire. The south tower dates from the end of the 14th century; that to the north from the beginning of that same century. The crenellations which crown them date from the years 1900-1914. The south façade is framed by two round towers from the end of the 14th century. The East wing which originally closed the courtyard was demolished at an indeterminate time. The south façade was transformed into a terrace and surmounted by modern crenellations.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien hôpitalhôpitalunder 1 mi
- Ruines du châteauchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.