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Château de La Poujade

Urval, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le château ainsi que la terrasse qui lui est attenante à l'est, en totalité (cad. A 342) : inscription par arrêté du 15 mai 2003
Protection dates
2003/05/15 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Urval
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.81967, 0.94491
Mérimée reference
PA24000041

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le château de la Poujade fait partie de la catégorie des chartreuses. C'est une maison de maître, une maison d'habitation rurale, pourvue de dépendances qui témoignent en plus d'une vocation agricole. Sa typologie architecturale, corps de logis en rez-de-chaussée, pourvu de pièces disposées en enfilade, répond à la définition des chartreuses. Son ancienneté est reliée aux implantations monastiques. Terrasses sur cavec voûtées. Durant la Seconde guerre mondiale, il servit d'état-major à la Résistance, et de lieu de dépôt pour les Musées de France.

English translation

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The château de la Poujade is part of the category of chartreuses. It is a main house, a rural dwelling house, provided with outbuildings which testify furthermore to an agricultural vocation. Its architectural typology, main building at ground level, provided with rooms arranged in enfilade, responds to the definition of chartreuses. Its antiquity is linked to monastic establishments. Terraces with barrel vaults. During the Second World War, it served as a headquarters for the Resistance, and as a storage place for the Museums of France.

Nearby in the register

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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