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Tour du Greffe, dite aussi tour du Châtelet de la Porte-Saint-Eloi

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Site du 13e siècle de la tour du Greffe, y compris en sous-sol (cad. HD 414, lot no 10) : inscription par arrêté du 7 mars 1997
Protection dates
1997/03/07 : inscrit MH
Type
site archéologique
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
57 rue Saint-James
Commune
Bordeaux
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.83522, -0.57144
Mérimée reference
PA33000015

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1696 map "Bourdeaux" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construite au 13e siècle, la tour faisait partie d'un ensemble de quatre tours qui formaient un châtelet en avant de la tour de la Grosse Cloche, devenu beffroi de la ville en 1246.

English translation

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Built in the 13th century, the tower was part of a set of four towers which formed a barbican in front of the tower of the Grosse Cloche, which became the city's belfry in 1246.

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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