Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château de Saignes
Saignes, Lot, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les façades et toitures du château ainsi que les sols portant ce château, ses dépendances et la chapelle (cad. B 494, 495) : inscription par arrêté du 21 janvier 2002
- Protection dates
- 2002/01/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saignes
- Département
- Lot
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.78465, 1.81913
- Mérimée reference
- PA46000028
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le castrum de Saignes, avec son ancienne chapelle hors enceinte, devient propriété de la famille Lagarde au 14e siècle. Pierre de Lagarde, ambassadeur extraordinaire de François 1er, fait exécuter une restauration d'ensemble. Le château tombe en déshérence au 19e siècle.
English translation
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History
The castrum of Saignes, with its old chapel outside the enclosure, becomes property of the Lagarde family in the 14th century. Pierre de Lagarde, extraordinary ambassador of François 1st, has a comprehensive restoration executed. The castle falls into disrepair in the 19th century.
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Genièséglise2 mi
- Ancien hôpital des Religieuses de Beaulieuhôpital3 mi
- Égliseéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.