Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Pont de Saint-Etienne d'Issensac
Brissac, Hérault, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Pont de Saint-Etienne d'Issensac : classement par arrêté du 4 novembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/11/04 : classé MH
- Type
- pont
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Brissac
- Département
- Hérault
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.84408, 3.70101
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103399
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 1752 map "Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Pont détérioré par le passage de chars allemands durant la Seconde guerre mondiale. Le pont médiéval comprend trois arches et deux piles avec avant-bec. L'arche centrale est d'une grande ouverture, les deux autres sont plus petites. Toutes trois sont en plein cintre. L'ouvrage est à dos d'âne.
English translation
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History
Bridge damaged by the passage of German tanks during the Second World War. The medieval bridge comprises three arches and two piles with cutwaters. The central arch is of large opening, the two others are smaller. All three are round-arch. The structure is back-to-back.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Saint-Etienne d'Issensacchapelleunder 1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Nazaire et Saint-Celseéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.