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Colombier

Périgny, Val-de-Marne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Colombier (cad. AC 524) : inscription par arrêté du 12 octobre 1998
Protection dates
1998/10/12 : inscrit MH
Type
colombier
Main period of construction
2e moitié 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
12 rue de Saint-Leu
Commune
Périgny
Département
Val-de-Marne
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.69495, 2.55154
Mérimée reference
PA94000009

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1638 map "Le Gouvernement de l'Isle de France / par Damien de Templeux" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Dernier vestige de l'ancien château de la seigneurie de Périgny-le-Grand, le colombier est attesté depuis 1679. Le château fut démoli dans les années 1760, mais le pigeonnier fut conservé. Il s'agit d'un colombier à pied, de type circulaire, divisé en deux : une salle basse plafonnée (qui devait servir de cave ou de fruitier) et une salle haute (destinée à l'élevage des pigeons). Cette salle haute a conservé son pivot central avec ses potences et son échelle tournante permettant de visiter les trous de boulins.

English translation

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Last vestige of the old castle of the seigneury of Périgny-le-Grand, the dovecote is attested since 1679. The castle was demolished in the 1760s, but the dovecote was preserved. It is a dovecote on foot, of circular type, divided in two: a lower room with ceiling (which must have served as a cellar or fruit store) and an upper room (intended for the breeding of pigeons). This upper room has retained its central pivot with its potences and its turning ladder allowing one to visit the pigeon holes.

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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