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Arènes de bouvine

Le Cailar, Gard, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Terrain d'assiette ; mur de clôture ; barrières délimitant la piste ; ensemble du bâti structurant l'espace : toril, buvette, présidence ; plantation de platanes (cad. H 241, 242) : inscription par arrêté du 18 janvier 1993
Protection dates
1993/01/18 : inscrit MH
Type
arène
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1905
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Le Cailar
Département
Gard
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.67383, 4.23495
Mérimée reference
PA00125482

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Pour remplacer la place dite "cancel", la municipalité fait construire un toril dans une cour, au sud du vieux village, à l'emplacement de l'ancienne glacière et de l'aire à battre. Mises en service en 1905, ces arènes, témoignant de la vivacité des traditions de la "bouvine" en Bas-Languedoc, sont depuis lors régulièrement entretenues.

English translation

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To replace the square called "cancel", the municipality has a toril constructed in a courtyard, to the south of the old village, on the site of the former ice house and threshing floor. Put into service in 1905, these arenas, testifying to the vitality of the traditions of "bouvine" in Bas-Languedoc, have been regularly maintained since then.

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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