Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de la Tourrette
Vernoux-en-Vivarais, Ardèche, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Ensemble des vestiges subsistants du château proprement dit ; façades et toitures de la maison forte et du bâtiment des communs ; terrasse (cad. AV 91, 92) : inscription par arrêté du 7 novembre 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/11/07 : inscrit MH partiellement
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Vernoux-en-Vivarais
- Département
- Ardèche
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.87416, 4.65471
- Mérimée reference
- PA07000002
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 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
Site défensif comprenant le château proprement dit du 14e siècle (dont ne subsistent que des vestiges, en particulier le donjon carré) et une maison fortifiée des 15e et 16e siècles implantée en position de barrage sur une vaste terrasse maçonnée.
English translation
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History
Defensive site comprising the castle proper of the 14th century (of which only remains survive, in particular the square keep) and a fortified house of the 15th and 16th centuries positioned as a barrier on a vast masonry platform.