Restes du château fort à Alleuze
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Adresse renseignée dans la base Mérimée :
15100 Alleuze - France
Code Insee de la commune : 15002
Cantal [15] - Aurillac - Auvergne - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Adresse approximative issue des coordonnées GPS (latitude et longitude) :
Eléments protégés :
Château (restes du) : inscription par arrêté du 9 mars 1927
Historique :
Edifice de plan carré, flanqué aux angles de tours rondes. Sa construction remonterait à la fin du XIIIe siècle. Ce château était un des postes de la citadelle de Saint-Flour. Ruiné en 1405 par les Sanflorains, il fut rebâti en 1411 sur le plan de l'ancien édifice. Les Huguenots le prirent en 1575. Les tours furent utilisées comme geôles par les évêques de Clermont. Cet édifice possède un plan caractéristique du XIVe siècle.
Périodes de construction :
XIVe siècle, XVe siècle
Propriété de la commune
Informations pratiques de visite ou services :
Ouvert ou fermé à la visite, location de salle, chambres d'hôtes ?
Autres photographies :
![Restes du château fort - The Château d’Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal département of France.
Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For seven years, he sowed terror throughout the region, pillaging and holding to ransom. To avoid troubles from any Garlan successors, the inhabitants of Saint-Flour burned down the castle in 1405. Monseigneur De la Tour, owner of the castle, was very upset with this gesture, and obliged the Sanflorains to rebuild it on the original plan. It was taken by Huguenots in 1575. The towers were used as jails by the bishops of Clermont.
The castle is built on a square plan, with round towers in each corner, characteristic of the 14th century. It includes a chapel, Saint-Illide, built in the 13th and 15th centuries. Today, the edifice is maintained as a ruin and has been listed, along with the chapel, since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[1] According to the Michelin Green Guide to the Auvergne and Rhône Valley, which rates it as two stars (“worth a detour”), “There can scarcely be another beauty spot in the Auvergne as romantic as the site of this castle.”](https://p.monumentum.fr/galerie/maxi/00189/189669-the-chateau-dalleuze-is-a-ruined-castle-situated-in-the-commune-of-alleuze-in-the-cantal-departement-of-france-built-in-the-13th-century-by-the-constables-of-auvergne-it-belonged-to-the-bishops-of-cle.jpg)
![Restes du château fort - The Château d’Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal département of France.
Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For seven years, he sowed terror throughout the region, pillaging and holding to ransom. To avoid troubles from any Garlan successors, the inhabitants of Saint-Flour burned down the castle in 1405. Monseigneur De la Tour, owner of the castle, was very upset with this gesture, and obliged the Sanflorains to rebuild it on the original plan. It was taken by Huguenots in 1575. The towers were used as jails by the bishops of Clermont.
The castle is built on a square plan, with round towers in each corner, characteristic of the 14th century. It includes a chapel, Saint-Illide, built in the 13th and 15th centuries. Today, the edifice is maintained as a ruin and has been listed, along with the chapel, since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[1] According to the Michelin Green Guide to the Auvergne and Rhône Valley, which rates it as two stars (“worth a detour”), “There can scarcely be another beauty spot in the Auvergne as romantic as the site of this castle.”](https://p.monumentum.fr/galerie/maxi/00189/189670-the-chateau-dalleuze-is-a-ruined-castle-situated-in-the-commune-of-alleuze-in-the-cantal-departement-of-france-built-in-the-13th-century-by-the-constables-of-auvergne-it-belonged-to-the-bishops-of-cle.jpg)
![Restes du château fort - The Château d’Alleuze is a ruined castle situated in the commune of Alleuze, in the Cantal département of France.
Built in the 13th century by the constables of Auvergne, it belonged to the bishops of Clermont. During the Hundred Years War it was seized for the English by Bernard de Garlan. For seven years, he sowed terror throughout the region, pillaging and holding to ransom. To avoid troubles from any Garlan successors, the inhabitants of Saint-Flour burned down the castle in 1405. Monseigneur De la Tour, owner of the castle, was very upset with this gesture, and obliged the Sanflorains to rebuild it on the original plan. It was taken by Huguenots in 1575. The towers were used as jails by the bishops of Clermont.
The castle is built on a square plan, with round towers in each corner, characteristic of the 14th century. It includes a chapel, Saint-Illide, built in the 13th and 15th centuries. Today, the edifice is maintained as a ruin and has been listed, along with the chapel, since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[1] According to the Michelin Green Guide to the Auvergne and Rhône Valley, which rates it as two stars (“worth a detour”), “There can scarcely be another beauty spot in the Auvergne as romantic as the site of this castle.”](https://p.monumentum.fr/galerie/maxi/00189/189671-the-chateau-dalleuze-is-a-ruined-castle-situated-in-the-commune-of-alleuze-in-the-cantal-departement-of-france-built-in-the-13th-century-by-the-constables-of-auvergne-it-belonged-to-the-bishops-of-cle.jpg)
Fiche Mérimée : PA00093431
Dernière mise à jour de la fiche Monumentum : 2024-04-04
Consultez le programme des Journées du Patrimoine pour le Monument Historique Restes du château fort situé à Alleuze en consultant le programme officiel des JEP 2024.
Monuments Historiques à proximité :
Alleuze - Eglise Saint-Illide
Faverolles - Château du Chassan
Faverolles - Croix de Montchanson
Loubaresse - Viaduc de Garabit (également sur commune de Ruynes-en-Margeride)
Ruynes-en-Margeride - Viaduc de Garabit
Sériers - Grand dolmen de La Table au Loup ou Table de Maleu
Sériers - Menhir christianisé de La Croix-Grosse
Sériers - Menhir de Bargueyrac ou de la Pierre Plantade
Villedieu - Eglise Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité
Cartes postales anciennes à proximité :
