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Pigeonnier de Racanière

Caylus, Tarn-et-Garonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le pigeonnier (cad. M 658) : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 2009
Protection dates
2009/12/21 : inscrit MH
Type
pigeonnier
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Caylus
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.23634, 1.69443
Mérimée reference
PA82000025

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1628 map "Potamographie de Garone et des Fleuves qui Rendent Dedans." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ce pigeonnier, datable des environs de 1600, est un bel exemple de pigeonnier de type tarnais avec colonnes en pierre supportant une caisse à pans de bois et toit en pavillon surmonté d'un lanternon.

English translation

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This dovecote, datable to around 1600, is a fine example of dovecote of the Tarn type with stone columns supporting a timber-framed box and pavilion roof surmounted by a lantern.

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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