Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château Sainte-Marguerite
Pierrevert, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Les bâtiments formant le château, en totalité (cad. A 503, 504) : inscription par arrêté du 20 septembre 2005
- Protection dates
- 2005/09/20 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- milieu 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1547
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- route de la Bastide-des-Jourdans
- Commune
- Pierrevert
- Département
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.80262, 5.69647
- Mérimée reference
- PA04000027
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Les Estats de Savoye et de Piemont (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancienne maison forte mentionnée dès 1289. Une lignée de parlementaires aixois acquiert le château, l'agrandit et le transforme en manoir Renaissance, reconnaissable aux éléments architecturaux et décoratifs. Le portail d'entrée porte la date 1547.
English translation
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History
Former fortified house mentioned from 1289. A line of parliamentary members from Aix acquires the castle, enlarges it and transforms it into a Renaissance manor, recognizable by the architectural and decorative elements. The entrance portal bears the date 1547.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Cavalerie de Limaye (ancienne)chapelle1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Elzéarchapelle2 mi
- Égliseéglise3 mi
- Porte de l'enceinte (ancienne)porte de ville3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.