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Castillet, Grand-Castillet, porte Notre-Dame ou Petit-Castillet

Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Castillet, Grand-Castillet, porte Notre-Dame ou Petit-Castillet : classement par liste de 1889
Protection dates
1889 : classé MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
Dates
1368, 1485, 1542
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Perpignan
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.70062, 2.89403
Mérimée reference
PA00104066

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1662 map "Comitatus Ruscinonis, vulgo Rousillon, in quo Episcopatus Helenensis, Gallicè Evesché d'Elne ou de Perpignan / [Joan Blaeu]" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le Castillet comprend trois parties : le Castillet proprement dit ou Grand Castillet, construit vers 1368 pour défendre la porte neuve ouverte à ce moment dans l'enceinte de la ville ; la Porte Notre-Dame ou Petit Castillet, accolée au flanc Est de la construction précédente et qui date de 1481-1485 ; le bastion polygonal établi en 1542 en avant du Grand Castillet pour en couvrir les approches. Le Castillet a été, jusqu'en 1892, affecté à usage de prison militaire, puis comme dépendances du casernement.

English translation

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The Castillet comprises three parts: the Castillet proper or Grand Castillet, constructed around 1368 to defend the new gate opened at that moment in the town enceinte; the Porte Notre-Dame or Petit Castillet, adjoining the East side of the previous construction and which dates from 1481-1485; the polygonal bastion established in 1542 in front of the Grand Castillet to cover its approaches. The Castillet was, until 1892, used as a military prison, then as dependencies of the barracks.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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