Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Rousson, Gard, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures (cad. J 690) : inscription par arrêté du 20 septembre 1972
- Protection dates
- 1972/09/20 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Rousson
- Département
- Gard
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.18515, 4.13635
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103188
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 LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château tel qu'il se présente est une construction qui daterait du début du 17e siècle. Le plan en est classique. Il représente quatre courtines servant de façade aux pièces intérieures, butées à leurs extrémités par quatre tours. Fenêtres à meneaux. Les ouvertures présentent une composition classique. La porte d'entrée principale possède un fronton courbe et deux pilastres à bossage.
English translation
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History
The castle as it stands is a construction that would date from the beginning of the 17th century. Its plan is classical. It represents four curtain walls serving as façade to the interior rooms, butted at their ends by four towers. Mullioned windows. The openings present a classical composition. The principal entrance door has a curved pediment and two rusticated pilasters.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Martinégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.