Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Pigeonnier dit colombier du Grilhon
Carbonne, Haute-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le pigeonnier (cad. B 62) : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 2009
- Protection dates
- 2009/12/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- pigeonnier, colombier
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 16e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- 31 rue Etienne-Prosjean
- Commune
- Carbonne
- Département
- Haute-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.29978, 1.22685
- Mérimée reference
- PA31000085
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 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Pigeonnier en brique du type pigeonnier-tour de plan circulaire, couvert d'une coupole. Sa toiture lui a valu le qualificatif de "mauresque". Voûté, l'ouvrage a conservé l'essentiel de ses dispositions.
English translation
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History
Dovecote in brick of the tower-dovecote type, circular in plan, covered with a cupola. Its roofing earned it the epithet "Moorish". Vaulted, the structure has retained the essentials of its layout.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Pont de Lajouspont3 mi
- Ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Mariecathédrale3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.