Jean-Charles Ledesmé, baron de Saint-Elix by François Lucas
The Château de Saint-Élix is a 16th-century
castle
A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private ...
in the ''
commune'' of
Saint-Élix-le-Château
Saint-Élix-le-Château (; ) is a village and commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is best known for the castle which dominates the village.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Élixois.
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in the
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; , ; ''Upper Garonne'') is a department in the southwestern French region of Occitanie. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's fourth-largest. ...
''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
'' of France.
Built in the 1540s, it is privately owned and has been listed since 1927 as a ''
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, ...
'' by the
French Ministry of Culture
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.
Of note are the
orangery
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, stables, walls and
pigeon loft.
See also
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List of castles in France
This is a list of castles in France, arranged by Regions of France, region and Departments of France, department.
;Notes:
# The French word ''château'' has a wider meaning than the English ''castle'': it includes architectural entities that are p ...
References
External links
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Châteaux in Haute-Garonne
Monuments historiques of Haute-Garonne
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