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Château de Gardera ou caverie de Villenave

Bélus, Landes, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures ; grand salon lambrissé (cad. D 176) : inscription par arrêté du 29 août 1996
Protection dates
1996/08/29 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
château
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 17e siècle
Later work
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Lieu-dit
Villenave
Commune
Bélus
Département
Landes
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.59035, -1.10547
Mérimée reference
PA40000002

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Bovrdelois, pais de Medoc et la prevoste de Born" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Un des rares exemples de caveries se rattachant au type du château en Pays d'Orthe. Château reconstruit dans les premières années du 17e siècle, se composant d'un corps de logis flanqué d'une courte aile en retour d'équerre, et dont les deux étages sont distribués par un escalier rampe sur rampe. Grand salon décoré de lambris du 18e siècle. Porte d'entrée au décor maniériste.

English translation

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One of the rare examples of caveries belonging to the castle type in Pays d'Orthe. Castle rebuilt in the first years of the 17th century, comprising a main dwelling block flanked by a short wing in right-angle return, and whose two storeys are distributed by a stair with successive flights. Large room decorated with 18th-century panelling. Entrance door with mannerist decoration.

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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