Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château
Encyclopedia
The Château de Saint-Élix is a 16th century castle
in the commune
of Saint-Élix-le-Château
in the Haute-Garonne
département of France.
Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique
by the French Ministry of Culture. Of note are the orangery
, stables, walls and pigeon loft
.
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
in the commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
of Saint-Élix-le-Château
Saint-Élix-le-Château
Saint-Élix-le-Château is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-Sights:The Château de Saint-Élix-le-Château is a 16th century castle which is listed as a historic site by the French Ministry of Culture.-References:...
in the Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. Its main city is Toulouse.-History:Haute-Garonne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc.The...
département of France.
Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique
Monument historique
A monument historique is a National Heritage Site of France. It also refers to a state procedure in France by which national heritage protection is extended to a building or a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, or gardens, bridges, and other structures, because of their...
by the French Ministry of Culture. Of note are the orangery
Orangery
An orangery was a building in the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries and given a classicising architectural form. The orangery was similar to a greenhouse or conservatory...
, stables, walls and pigeon loft
Dovecote
A dovecote or dovecot is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular free-standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in...
.
Source
- www.culture.gouv.fr, accessed 17 March 2008