Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Château
Sauveterre, Tarn, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Le château et les sols de l'ancien castrum qui le portent, en totalité (cad. A 694) : inscription par arrêté du 31 juillet 2002
- Protection dates
- 2002/07/31 : inscrit MH
- Type
- château, ensemble castral
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 1er quart 19e siècle
- Architect or builder
- Charles Bernard (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Sauveterre
- Département
- Tarn
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.47411, 2.55392
- Mérimée reference
- PA81000019
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 Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "18 Castres." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Château reconstruit à la fin du 16e siècle sur le site d'un ancien castrum. Les façades principales et le décor intérieur ont été retouchés entre 1818 et 1825 par l'architecte Bernard Charles. Salons peints en trompe l'oeil. Escalier monumental neo-classique dans l'esprit des créations architecturales de la fin du 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
Château rebuilt at the end of the 16th century on the site of an old castrum. The main façades and interior decoration were retouched between 1818 and 1825 by architect Bernard Charles. Rooms painted in trompe l'oeil. Monumental neo-classical staircase in the spirit of the architectural creations of the late 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.