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Ancien pigeonnier du château

Assier, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'ancien pigeonnier en totalité (cad. B 7) : inscription par arrêté du 21 novembre 2005
Protection dates
2005/11/21 : inscrit MH
Type
pigeonnier
Main period of construction
2e quart 16e siècle
Dates
1537
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Assier
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.67875, 1.88128
Mérimée reference
PA46000037

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'ancien colombier, daté de 1537, se présente comme une tour circulaire abritant 2500 pots à pigeons en terre cuite vernissée, ainsi que son dispositif d'échelle de visite tournante. La toiture à lanterne pourrait être d'origine.

English translation

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The old dovecote, dated 1537, presents itself as a circular tower housing 2500 glazed terracotta pigeon pots, as well as its rotating visit ladder device. The lantern roof could be original.

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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