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  6. Château de La Palud

 Château de La Palud à Quincié-en-Beaujolais dans le Rhône

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine défensif
Demeure seigneuriale
Château
Rhône

Château de La Palud

    Grandes Granges
    69430 Quincié-en-Beaujolais
Château de La Palud
Château de La Palud
Crédit photo : Nesme - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1560
Initial construction
1680
Religious acquisition
XIXe siècle à aujourd’hui
Agricultural use
3 juin 1994 et 20 décembre 1994
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Buildings of the communes (Case AL 36, 37): classification by decree of 3 June 1994; To be preserved: castle (house bodies, round towers and wing in return) as well as its outbuildings (fortified gate, building of communes and dovecote) (case AL 182): classification by decree of 20 December 1994

Key figures

Famille puissante du Beaujolais (anonyme) - Initial sponsors Builders around 1560, not named.
Religieuses de Chazeaux - Owners in 1680 Acquisition after the Renaissance.

Origin and history

The Château de La Palud, located in Quincié-en-Beaujolais in Beaujolais, was built around 1560 for an influential family in the region. This monument illustrates Renaissance architecture, with its houses, round towers and outbuildings (fortified gate, common, dovecote). Its style reflects the prestige of the local elites at a time when Beaujolais, a land of vineyards, is experiencing economic and cultural growth.

Acquired in 1680 by the nuns of Chazeaux, the castle changed its vocation and incorporated a religious heritage before becoming, from the 19th century, an agricultural domain still in operation today. This transition marks the adaptation of the building to successive socio-economic needs, while preserving its architectural heritage.

Ranked a Historic Monument in 1994, the castle of La Palud sees its commons and its main body protected by decree. The accuracy of this classification underlines the importance of its Renaissance elements (turns, wing in return) as well as its utility structures (pigeon, fortified door), witnesses to a seigneurial and then agricultural organization. Today private property, the site combines heritage and contemporary exploitation.

External links

Page Monumentum