TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Maison forte des Farguettes

Crespinet, Tarn, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La maison forte en totalité (cad. AH 96 à 98) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2006
Protection dates
2006/07/19 : inscrit MH
Type
maison forte
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Crespinet
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.94705, 2.30706
Mérimée reference
PA81000027

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Composite: Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Maison forte représentative d'une architecture intermédiaire entre la maison et le château, du type de la maison forte à cour fermée. Elle est mentionnée au 14e siècle. L'édifice à cour fermée est doté d'un portail surmonté d'une bretèche. La tour d'escalier en vis s'ouvre par un portail sculpté Renaissance. L'essentiel des dispositions d'origine est conservé. Un important souterrain refuge se développe sous une partie de la maison forte.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Fortified house representing an intermediate form of architecture between a house and a château, of the type of the enclosed-courtyard fortified house. It is mentioned in the 14th century. The enclosed-courtyard building is equipped with a gateway surmounted by a bretèche. The spiral staircase tower opens through a Renaissance carved portal. The essential original layout is preserved. An extensive refuge underground passage develops beneath part of the fortified house.

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
See your own family's places on a living map