Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Donjon
Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Donjon (cad. A 1) : inscription par arrêté du 28 juin 1939
- Protection dates
- 1939/06/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château fort
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- le Battut
- Commune
- Colombières-sur-Orb
- Département
- Hérault
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.58002, 2.99912
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103443
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1778 map "57. Lodeve." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Dominant le château de Caylus se dresse le donjon carré, surmonté de créneaux. C'est l'unique vestige subsistant du château de Caroz, traditionnellement connu sous le nom de "château du diable" ou "château des Anglais". Sa construction paraît remonter au 14e siècle.
English translation
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History
Dominating the castle of Caylus rises the square keep, topped with crenellations. It is the sole remaining vestige of the castle of Caroz, traditionally known by the name of "devil's castle" or "castle of the English". Its construction appears to date back to the 14th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.