Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château fort
Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Château (cad. H 218 à 221) : inscription par arrêté du 24 novembre 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/11/24 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.35645, 3.95597
- Mérimée reference
- PA00135209
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "88 St.-Etienne, St.-Marcellin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Système de défense constitué par le château et son enceinte. Château construit pour le compte de l'évêque de Rodez à la fin du 15e siècle. A la fin du 17e siècle, le château passe aux Polignac. Cheminée du 15e siècle dans la cuisine.
English translation
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History
System of defence constituted by the château and its enclosure. Château built for the bishop of Rodez at the end of the 15th century. At the end of the 17th century, the château passed to the Polignac family. Fireplace of the 15th century in the kitchen.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Paulégliseunder 1 mi
- Croix de chemin du hameau de Cossangescroix de cheminunder 1 mi
- Oratoire et croix-calvaire de Boisset-Hautoratoire1 mi
- Chapelle de Chambriacchapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.