Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Balsac, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les façades et les toitures du château avec son pigeonnier-porche (cad. G 143) : inscription par arrêté du 19 mars 2007
- Protection dates
- 2007/03/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Later work
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Balsac
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.40223, 2.44332
- Mérimée reference
- PA12000040
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 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le château est constitué de plusieurs bâtiments disposés autour d'une cour, transformés du 14e au 18e siècle. Le corps de logis principal est flanqué de tours circulaires et d'un donjon. Le bâtiment principal est percé de fenêtres Renaissance. Porte à pilastres toscans soutenant un fronton.
English translation
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History
The castle consists of several buildings arranged around a courtyard, transformed from the 14th to the 18th century. The main dwelling is flanked by circular towers and a keep. The main building is pierced with Renaissance windows. Door with Tuscan pilasters supporting a pediment.
Nearby in the register
- Ruines de l'ancien prieuré du Sauvageprieuré1 mi
- Site archéologique du dolmen de Pérignagol Isite archéologique2 mi
- Vestiges du château de Panat et ruines de l'églisechâteau2 mi
- Site archéologique du dolmen de Seveyrac ou de Perignagol IIsite archéologique2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.