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Château de Servières

Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon, Haute-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château, y compris les bâtiments de communs (cad. AK 272 à 274) : inscription par arrêté du 7 février 1994
Protection dates
1994/02/07 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 15e siècle
Later work
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.31472, 3.54107
Mérimée reference
PA00132732

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le castrum de Servières est mentionné en 1250. La maison forte date du 13e siècle, et a conservé son logis-donjon et sa basse cour assez peu remaniés. L'édifice est formé d'un bâtiment rectangulaire de trois niveaux flanqué, du côté de l'escarpement, de deux tours. Il est protégé, à l'opposé, par une enceinte formée de bâtiments d'époques variées qui paraissent reprendre le plan d'origine. Les percements datent du 15e siècle. £Intérieurement, la disposition ancienne subsiste au rez-de-chaussée avec des salles voûtées. Les étages ont été subdivisés au 18e et les pièces ont reçu un décor rustique (plafond à la française ; papiers peints ; lambris peint).

English translation

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The castrum of Servières is mentioned in 1250. The fortified house dates from the 13th century, and has retained its main dwelling-keep and its lower courtyard relatively little altered. The building is formed of a rectangular building of three storeys flanked, on the side of the escarpment, by two towers. It is protected, on the opposite side, by an enclosure formed by buildings of various periods which appear to follow the original plan. The openings date from the 15th century. Internally, the old arrangement subsists on the ground floor with vaulted rooms. The storeys were subdivided in the 18th century and the rooms received rustic decoration (French ceiling; wallpapers; painted wainscoting).

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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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