Fumel · Lot-et-Garonne
The parterre and arcaded terraces of Fumel
Rebuilt largely in the seventeenth century around a fourteenth-century keep, Fumel is known for its Louis XIV terrace on arcades, which encloses the gardens; parterre and terraces were listed with the house in 1951.
D’après la source
Château de Fumel is a château at Fumel, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 14th and 17th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the second level (inscrit). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Lecture éditoriale
The record describes an enfilade of gilded salons opening onto a terrace bordered with Louis XIV balusters. That terrace rests on arcades and surrounds the gardens; a Louis XVI-style balustrade at roof level was added in the nineteenth century. Inside the keep a monumental stair with a wrought-iron rail survives. The 1951 listing names the south building, the keep, the west wing, the parterre and the terraces.
Recommandation
The parterre is read from above: the arcaded terrace was built to look down on it.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA00084129 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch%C3%A2teau%20de%20Fumel.jpg — CC BY-SA 3.0
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