Ribagnac · Dordogne
The former park and the Marquise’s walks at Bridoire
Bridoire at Ribagnac, a fortress on its rock rebuilt under Henri IV and dismantled again in 1649, was listed in 2013 with its terrace, the remains of its former park and garden, and the promenades de la Marquise along the Grimoudou and the Gardonnette.
From the source
Domaine du Château de Bridoire is a château at Ribagnac, Dordogne, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. The recorded building campaigns date from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is protected as a monument historique at the higher of the two levels (classé). Details are drawn from the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture.
Editorial reading
The record follows Bridoire from a Roman oppidum guarding a river crossing through the Hundred Years’ War, the Protestant capture of 1560, Monluc’s destruction of 1568, the rebuilding under Henri IV and the dismantling ordered by the duc d’Épernon in 1649; the Père de Foucauld later lived here. The château with its gatehouse, walls, ditches, well and timber dovecote on nine stone piles was classified in 1992. The 2013 listing adds the unclassified parts of the château with its terrace, the remains of the former park and garden, the adjoining outbuildings and the walks known as the promenades de la Marquise on the two streams, across three communes.
Sources
Base Mérimée — immeubles protégés · PA00083078 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab) — Ministère de la Culture, base Mérimée
Wikimedia Commons · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ribagnac%20Bridoire%20%286%29.JPG — CC BY-SA 3.0
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