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Domaine de Fondat

Saint-Justin, Landes, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Château de Fondat (cad. O 153) ; parc et dépendances (cad. O 146, 151, 152, 155, 156, 158, 160, 163, 165, 166) : inscription par arrêté du 31 mars 1999
Protection dates
1999/03/31 : inscrit MH
Type
château
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Justin
Département
Landes
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.98527, -0.20099
Mérimée reference
PA40000029

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1628 map "Potamographie de Garone et des Fleuves qui Rendent Dedans." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'emplacement du domaine de Fondat fut occupé dès le Moyen Age par des seigneurs de la région. A partir de 1607, une famille noble originaire de Marsan achète le domaine et le conserve jusqu'à la fin du 19e siècle. Le château, dévasté à deux reprises, fut reconstruit au milieu du 17e siècle. Il fut remanié au 19e siècle, dans un style néo-Renaissance. Le château est un des éléments d'un vaste ensemble constitué de dépendances de grande qualité, dont un chai à armagnac et un colombier du 17e siècle, et d'un parc aux arbres bicentenaires (aux essences exotiques) dont il reste des vestiges d'un ordonnancement remontant aussi au 17e siècle.

English translation

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The location of the Fondat estate was occupied from the Middle Ages by lords of the region. From 1607, a noble family originating from Marsan purchased the estate and retained it until the end of the 19th century. The castle, devastated on two occasions, was rebuilt in the middle of the 17th century. It was altered in the 19th century, in a Neo-Renaissance style. The castle is one of the elements of a vast complex consisting of outbuildings of high quality, including an armagnac cellar and a 17th-century dovecot, and a park with bicentennial trees (of exotic species) of which vestiges remain of an arrangement dating back also to the 17th century.

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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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