Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château du Lac
Le Monestier, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le château avec ses terrasses et jardins, en totalité (cad. AD 257, 259) : inscription par arrêté du 10 septembre 2009
- Protection dates
- 2012/09/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 17e siècle, 18e siècle, 2e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1828
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Le Monestier
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.56636, 3.68547
- Mérimée reference
- PA63000112
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Maison forte existant déjà au 13e siècle, le château fut fortifié au 15e siècle. Victime des luttes religieuses du 16e siècle, il fut restauré et agrandi au 17e siècle. Le parc fut aménagé au 18e siècle (création de terrasses et d'un enclos) et de nouveaux décors intérieurs (boiseries, cheminées, chambres à alcôves) furent installés. Sous la Restauration, deux pièces du château (salon et une chambre du premier étage) furent dotées d'un décor peint exceptionnel. Le château entra dans la littérature au 20e siècle en servant de cadre au roman régionaliste d'Henri Pourrat «Gaspard des Montagnes».
English translation
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History
A fortified house already existing in the 13th century, the castle was fortified in the 15th century. A victim of the religious struggles of the 16th century, it was restored and enlarged in the 17th century. The park was developed in the 18th century (creation of terraces and an enclosure) and new interior decorations (woodwork, fireplaces, alcove bedrooms) were installed. Under the Restoration, two rooms of the castle (drawing room and a bedroom on the first floor) were given exceptional painted decoration. The castle entered literature in the 20th century by serving as the setting for the regionalist novel by Henri Pourrat 'Gaspard des Montagnes'.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Antoineéglise1 mi
- Dolmen dit La Pierre Couvertedolmen2 mi
- Église Saint-Barthélémyéglise3 mi
- Petite croix en pierre du commencement du 16e sièclecroix monumentale3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.