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Château de Captan

Audignon, Landes, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château avec ses communs et la fontaine de la cour des communs (cad. B 71, 70) : inscription par arrêté du 11 septembre 1997
Protection dates
1997/09/11 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1891
Architect or builder
André Edouard (architecte paysagiste)
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Audignon
Département
Landes
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.73068, -0.57679
Mérimée reference
PA40000013

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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Château reconstruit en 1887 à la demande de la famille de Galard par Edouard André, architecte paysagiste parisien. Château et communs édifiés entre 1891 et 1894. Le parc projeté par André n'a pas été réalisé. Château intéressant pour sa distribution intérieure et la qualité de sa décoration pour laquelle André s'associa avec l'architecte bordelais Garros.

English translation

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Château rebuilt in 1887 at the request of the de Galard family by Edouard André, landscape architect of Paris. Château and farm buildings erected between 1891 and 1894. The park designed by André was not realized. Château of interest for its interior layout and the quality of its decoration for which André collaborated with the Bordeaux architect Garros.

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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