Fortifications

Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Nièvre, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection: inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection: Façades et toitures de la tour, dite tour Fraicte (cad. AC 170) : inscription par arrêté du 25 octobre 1971
Protection dates: 1971/10/25 : inscrit MH
Type: fortification
Main period of construction: 1er quart 13e siècle
Ownership: propriété privée
Address: rue Pasteur
Lieu-dit: Cosne
Commune: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Département: Nièvre
Region: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country: France
Coordinates: 47.41227, 2.92433
Mérimée reference: PA00112868

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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Église Saint-Jacques (ancienne collégiale Saint-Laurent)égliseunder 1 mi
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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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