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Château de Bisqueytan

Saint-Quentin-de-Baron, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château (cad. AD 142, 143) , ses fossés (cad. AD 141, 144, 145) , son pigeonnier (cad. AD 128) et les restes du moulin (cad. AD 139) ainsi que les vestiges d'établissements antérieurs et abris sous roche (cad. AD 135, 127) : inscription par arrêté du 4 novembre 1996
Protection dates
1996/11/04 : inscrit MH
Type
maison forte, château
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
Architect or builder
Piis Jean de (auteur commanditaire)
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Quentin-de-Baron
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.82571, -0.28819
Mérimée reference
PA33000010

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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

Maison forte implantée sur un site occupé depuis la préhistoire. Elle a succédé à la tour établie au 12e siècle, en englobant une chapelle castrale romane encore très complète. Les ruines du moulin médiéval, détruit à la fin du 19e siècle, sont visibles au pied de la courtine est du château. Cette forteresse, ayant souffert des assauts pendant la guerre de Cent Ans, fut reconstruite et réaménagée par Jean de Piis et sa famille au cours des 15e et 16e siècles. Avant la Révolution, la seigneurie appartint à Montesquieu. Vendu à plusieurs reprises et tombé en ruines, le domaine est, depuis quelques années, en cours de restauration et fait l'objet de fouilles archéologiques.

English translation

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Main dwelling established on a site occupied since prehistory. It succeeded the tower established in the 12th century, encompassing a still very complete Romanesque castle chapel. The ruins of the medieval mill, destroyed at the end of the 19th century, are visible at the foot of the eastern curtain wall of the castle. This fortress, having suffered assaults during the Hundred Years' War, was rebuilt and rearranged by Jean de Piis and his family in the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. Before the Revolution, the seigneury belonged to Montesquieu. Sold several times over and fallen into ruins, the domain has, for several years, been undergoing restoration and is the subject of archaeological excavations.

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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