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Vestiges du château des vicomtes de Limoges

Aixe-sur-Vienne, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Vestiges, y compris le sol de leur terrain d'implantation (cad. AN 58, 67 et partie non bâtie des parcelles AN 57 et 60) : inscription par arrêté du 2 juin 2000
Protection dates
2000/06/02 : inscrit MH
Type
château fort
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune, propriété privée
Address
rue Jeanne-d'Albret
Commune
Aixe-sur-Vienne
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.79631, 1.14236
Mérimée reference
PA87000012

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Château vicomtal appelé château de Jeanne d'Albret, dont la première mention remonterait à 982. Edifice avec enceinte octogonale, tour à contreforts plats, deux corps de bâtiments, basse-cour, chapelle dédiée à saint Georges. Dans les années 1180-1220, il entre dans la lutte que se livrent partisans et adversaires des Plantagenêt. En 1206, Guy V fit construire la tour et rénover l'aula (grande salle vicomtale ou le corps de bâtiment qui l'abritait). Trois maisons de chevaliers sont contenues dans l'enceinte

English translation

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Viscounts' castle known as the castle of Jeanne d'Albret, the first mention of which would date back to 982. Building with octagonal enclosure, tower with flat buttresses, two building ranges, lower courtyard, chapel dedicated to Saint Georges. In the years 1180-1220, it enters the struggle waged between supporters and opponents of the Plantagenets. In 1206, Guy V had the tower built and the aula renovated (great viscounts' hall or the building range that housed it). Three knights' houses are contained within the enclosure.

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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