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Château de Rieux-Minervois, Rieux-Minervois

Château de Rieux-Minervois

Rieux-Minervois Castle

Rieux-Minervois

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Château de Rieux-Minervois stands in Rieux-Minervois (Aude), in the Occitanie region of France. The building is registered as a historic monument (dating recorded in the Mérimée database: 13th century, 15th century, fourth quarter of the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century). Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

What the French Ministry of Culture records

Les premières mentions du château remontent au 12e siècle. On peut déterminer cinq campagnes de construction ou de réaménagement : fin 12e-13e siècle : aile ouest (donjon) ; 15e-fin 16e siècle : agrandissement vers le nord (fenêtres à croisées, courtine, deux tours élevées en 1591) ; début 17e siècle : agrandissement du logis vers l'est ; 18e siècle : plan en U de l'aile est, décor de gypseries ; 19e siècle : installation de l'escalier en vis. L'édifice se compose de trois corps de bâtiments disposés en U autour d'une cour au nord. Le corps principal, très allongé, est sensiblement orienté est-ouest. Deux grosses tours cylindriques flanquent les angles sud-est et nord-est, tandis que deux tourelles montant de fond, de plan rectangulaire, font saillie sur la façade nord de l'aile occidentale. Le corps de bâtiment le plus ancien correspond à l'aile ouest, y compris la partie occidentale du corps central, noyau primitif du château, sorte de donjon de plan légèrement trapézoïdal. Ce donjon devait se dresser à l'intérieur d'un enclos défendu par des ouvrages secondaires.

Extract from the official record PA11000010 · Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée database, Open Licence

Where this château is

Rieux-Minervois · Aude · Occitanie

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24 Rue du Château, 11160 Rieux-Minervois

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Heritage status
Registered historic monument (inscrit)
Mérimée record PA11000010
Period of construction
13th century, 15th century, fourth quarter of the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century

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

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From the same period — 13e siècle

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