Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Castelet de Croix-Daurade
Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Vestiges : castelet, porche d'entrée, orangerie, temple de l'Amour et pavillon carré (cad. AK 38, 39) : inscription par arrêté du 18 février 1993
- Protection dates
- 1993/02/18 : inscrit MH
- Type
- demeure
- Main period of construction
- milieu 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1850
- Architect or builder
- Virebent Auguste (architecte)
- Address
- 147 route d'Albi
- Commune
- Toulouse
- Département
- Haute-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.63828, 1.46431
- Mérimée reference
- PA00125575
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "Le Diocese de Toulouse" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifié au centre d'un grand parc, dans les années 1850, ce castelet est l'oeuvre de la famille Virebant. Sa façade est typique du style éclectique et s'orne d'un abondant décor en terre cuite emprunté à l'art gothique ou Renaissance.
English translation
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History
Built in the centre of a large park, in the 1850s, this small castle is the work of the Virebant family. Its façade is typical of the eclectic style and is adorned with abundant terracotta decoration borrowed from Gothic or Renaissance art.
Nearby in the register
- Maisonmaison2 mi
- Demeure 18e siècledemeure2 mi
- Observatoire de Jolimontobservatoire2 mi
- Château de Thégrachâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.