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Castagnac
Castagnac (; oc, Castanhac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. There are numerous hiking routes. The commune is bordered by five other communes, three of them is in Haute-Garonne, and two of them is in Ariège: Latrape to the west, Canens to the south, Massabrac to the southeast, and finally by the department of Ariège to the north and east by the communes of Lézat-sur-Lèze to the north and Saint-Ybars to the east. Population Sights and monuments * Château de Castagnac, medieval castle listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a '' monument historique'' since 18 March 2003. * Gardens of the château. * Windmill * Église Saint-Sébastien, restored Gothic church See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Castagnac
The Château de Castagnac is a castle in the '' commune'' of Castagnac in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' of France, 40 km (25 miles) south of Toulouse. History Château de Castagnac is a former motte-and-bailey castle transformed around the 12th century into a fortified place. The oldest document which mentions a ''seigneur'' at Castagnac concerns Bernadus de Castagnac and dates from 1162. The coat of arms on the east face of the castle is "''d'or à croix de gueules''" - gold with a cross of gules (red) - and corresponds to the arms of the Lordats, an ancient chivalric family from the County of Foix. The Château de Castagnac has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a '' monument historique'' in its entirety, including its water-filled moat, since 18 March 2003. It is privately owned. Architecture The current version of the castle has a rectangular plan comprising four round towers at the corners and presents all of the characteristics of a 14th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Haute-Garonne Department
The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * Toulouse Métropole *CA Le Muretain Agglo * * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lèze
The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne '' départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between Labarthe-sur-Lèze and Clermont-le-Fort. ''Départements'' and communes along its course This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Ariège: La Bastide-de-Sérou, Aigues-Juntes, Gabre, Ariège, Gabre, Montégut-Plantaurel, Monesple, Pailhès, Ariège, Pailhès, Artigat, Le Fossat, Sainte-Suzanne, Ariège, Sainte-Suzanne, Saint-Ybars *Haute-Garonne: Massabrac, Castagnac *Ariège: Lézat-sur-Lèze *Haute-Garonne: Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze, Montaut, Haute-Garonne, Montaut, Beaumont-sur-Lèze, Lagardelle-sur-Lèze, Vernet, Haute-Garonne, Vernet, Labarthe-sur-Lèze Labarthe-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Labarthe on Lèze''; oc, La Barta de Lesat) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latrape
Latrape (; oc, La Trapa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by eight other communes, seven of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one in Ariège: Lacaugne to the north, Carbonne and Rieux-Volvestre to the northwest, Castagnac to the east, Canens to the southeast, Bax to the south, Mailholas to the west, and finally by the department of Ariège to the northeast by the commune of Lézat-sur-Lèze. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Garonne {{Hau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canens, Haute-Garonne
Canens is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The commune is bordered by five other communes, four of them is in Haute-Garonne, and one of them is in Ariège: Castagnac to the north, Bax to the west, Latrape to the northwest, Lapeyrère to the southwest, Massabrac to the east, and finally by the department of Ariège to the south by the commune of Sainte-Suzanne to the south. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massabrac
Massabrac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's northeastern border. The commune is bordered by four communes, two of them is in Haute-Garonne, and two in Ariège: Castagnac to the northwest, Canens to the east, and finally by the department of Ariège to the northeast and southeast by the communes of Saint-Ybars and Sainte-Suzanne. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Garonne {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern France. The style at the time was sometimes known as ''opus Francigenum'' (lit. French work); the term ''Gothic'' was first applied contemptuously during the later Renaissance, by those ambitious to revive the architecture of classical antiquity. The defining design element of Gothic architecture is the pointed or ogival arch. The use of the pointed arch in turn led to the development of the pointed rib vault and flying buttresses, combined with elaborate tracery and stained glass windows. At the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, the choir was reconstructed between 1140 and 114 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windmill
A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but the term is also extended to windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications, in some parts of the English speaking world. The term wind engine is sometimes used to describe such devices. Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; the horizontal or panemone windmill first appeared in Persia during the 9th century, and the vertical windmill first appeared in northwestern Europe in the 12th century. Regarded as an icon of Dutch culture, there are approximately 1,000 windmills in the Netherlands today. Forerunners Wind-powered machines may have been known earlier, but there is no clear evidence of windmills before the 9th century. Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.Dietrich Lohrmann, "Von der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a collection of buildings, a garden, a bridge, or other structure, because of their importance to France's architectural and historical cultural heritage. Both public and privately owned structures may be listed in this way, as well as movable objects. As of 2012 there were 44,236 monuments listed. The term "classification" is reserved for designation performed by the French Ministry of Culture (France), Ministry of Culture for a monument of national-level significance. Monuments of lesser significance may be "inscribed" by various regional entities. Buildings may be given the classification (or inscription) for either their exteriors or interiors. A monument's designation could be for a building's décor, its furniture, a single room, or eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Ministry Of Culture
The Ministry of Culture (french: Ministère de la Culture) is the ministry of the Government of France in charge of national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and protection of the arts (visual, plastic, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic) on national soil and abroad. Its budget is mainly dedicated to the management of the (six national sites and hundred decentralised storage facilities) and the regional (culture centres). Its main office is in the in the 1st arrondissement of Paris on the . It is headed by the Minister of Culture, a cabinet member. The current officeholder has been since 20 May 2022. History Deriving from the Italian and Burgundian courts of the Renaissance, the notion that the state had a key role to play in the sponsoring of artistic production and that the arts were linked to national prestige was found in France from at least the 16th century on. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a ''pleasance'' which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th-20th century homes built to resemble castles. Over the approximately 900 years when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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