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Montaut-les-Créneaux (; oc, Montaut) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the Gers department in southwestern France
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Geography
Population
History
Montaut is an old fortified village (or castelnau in Gascony. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the lords of Montaut were also barons of Corrensaguet. In 1821, Montaut absorbed most of the old parish of Biane, located in the northeast, on the edge of the commune of Mirepoix to which it was formerly attached. All that remains is the Sainte-Catherine church and a dovecote, which was part of the castle which is now ruined.Monuments
* The Saint-Michel church dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. The bell tower dates from the 19th century. The building has been classified as ahistoric monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...
since 1995.Durliat M. L'église de Montaut-les-Créneaux, pp. 244-251, dans Congrès archéologique de France. 128e session. Gascogne. 1970, Société française d'archéologie, Paris, 1970.
* Chapel
A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...
of Sainte-Catherine de Biane.
* Église Saint-Barthélemy de Malartic.
* The castle, which overlooks the north slope, is private and cannot be visited. It is its square keep with its battlements which gave its name to the commune, in 1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Fo ...
, to avoid confusion with the other Montaut du Gers, then called Montaut-d'Astarac.
* The houses, several of which are half-timbered, on the central street which passes under the old market hall, have also been nicely restored.
See also
* Communes of the Gers departmentReferences
Communes of Gers {{Gers-geo-stub