Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château d'Orfeuille
Gourgé, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Ensemble des parties bâties (château en totalité, communs, portails, pont et balustrade) ainsi que non bâties (cour et terrasse) (cad. AD 23, 36) : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/06/03 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle, 4e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1893
- Architect or builder
- Barbaud (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Gourgé
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.75892, -0.21293
- Mérimée reference
- PA79000003
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 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Terre d'Orfeuille mentionnée dès le 14e siècle. Château d'origine du 14e siècle, brûlé au 15e siècle et au 17e siècle, remanié à plusieurs reprises, notamment aux 17e et 19e siècles (travaux de restauration entre 1893 et 1899 sous la conduite de l'architecte Barbaud).
English translation
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History
Land of Orfeuille mentioned from the 14th century onwards. Castle of 14th-century origin, burned in the 15th century and in the 17th century, altered several times, notably in the 17th and 19th centuries (restoration work between 1893 and 1899 under the direction of architect Barbaud).
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Maison, à Saint-Loup-sur-Thouetmaison3 mi
- Maison de bois dite Le Parquetmaison3 mi
- Maisonmaison3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.