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Château fort de Joyeuse

Dunières, Haute-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le château fort en totalité (cad. AY 115) : inscription par arrêté du 18 novembre 2002
Protection dates
2002/11/18 : inscrit MH
Type
château fort
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Dunières
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.21259, 4.33242
Mérimée reference
PA43000030

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "88 St.-Etienne, St.-Marcellin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Tour édifiée dans la lignée des tours circulaires construites à partir du 13e siècle selon le modèlephilippin issu des progrès apportés par Philippe-Auguste dans l'architecture militaire. Cette construction en présente les principales caractéristiques : fonctions mixtes défensives et résidentielles, épaisseur des murs, escalier pris dans l'épaisseur des murs. Présence d'éléments archaïques tel que le voûtement par coupole. Au 19e siècle, des restaurations dotent la tour d'un couronnement.

English translation

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Tower built in the line of circular towers constructed from the 13th century onwards according to the Philippian model arising from the advances brought by Philippe-Auguste in military architecture. This construction presents its main characteristics: mixed defensive and residential functions, thickness of the walls, staircase set within the thickness of the walls. Presence of archaic elements such as vaulting by cupola. In the 19th century, restorations provide the tower with a crown.

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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