Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Lignou, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures (cad. B 15) : inscription par arrêté du 8 mai 1973
- Protection dates
- 1973/05/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 16e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1592, 1830
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Lignou
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.67306, -0.33626
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110834
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 1706 map "L'Evesche du Mans (northwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château construit en deux fois. Le pavillon ouest et le corps de logis datent de 1592. Le pavillon Est fut bâti en 1830 pour équilibrer l'oeuvre inachevée. La façade sur cour d'honneur est ornée de deux tourelles octogonales. L'aménagement intérieur du château date du 19e siècle.
English translation
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History
Castle constructed in two stages. The western pavilion and the main dwelling date from 1592. The eastern pavilion was built in 1830 to balance the unfinished work. The façade facing the courtyard is adorned with two octagonal turrets. The interior arrangement of the castle dates from the 19th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.