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Château de Laroque-des-Arcs, Bellefont-La Rauze

Château de Laroque-des-Arcs

Bellefont-La Rauze

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Where
Bellefont-La Rauze

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Château de Laroque-des-Arcs stands in Bellefont-La Rauze (Lot), in the Occitanie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 12th century, 16th century). The building is privately owned and no visits are on record.

What the French Ministry of Culture records

L'origine du château serait liée à la nécessité de protéger l'aqueduc romain qui alimentait Cahors en eau, et qui fut démantelé par les Anglais lors de la guerre de Cent ans. Aux 15e et 16e siècles, diverses reconstructions furent entreprises. Le château comprend un donjon et, autour d'une étroite cour jouxtant le donjon, des corps de logis distribués en anneau. La partie Est est élevée d'un étage en briques datant vraisemblablement du 16e siècle. L'ensemble est cantonné, en faces ouest et nord, de quatre tours rondes, et surmonté d'un élément de mâchicoulis à triple rang de corbeaux dont il ne reste que la base.

Extract from the official record PA00095127 · Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée database, Open Licence

Where this château is

Bellefont-La Rauze · Lot · Occitanie

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Address

Bellefont-La Rauze, Lot

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Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA00095127
Period of construction
12th century, 16th century

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Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Mérimée register.

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From the same period — 12e siècle

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