Buttress House (Pondaurat)

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House with buttresses in Pondaurat

The so-called house with buttresses (French maison à contreforts ) in Pondaurat , a French commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was built in the 14th century. The buttress block opposite the St-Antoine church was classified as a monument historique in 1990 .

The building probably belonged to the hospice of the Antonite Order , which was founded in the 13th century. In 1776 the complex passed to the Order of Malta , who owned it until the revolution . As a national bien , the hospice on the Way of St. James was auctioned off to various buyers, with the community purchasing a part.

In the southwest corner there are still remains of the échauguettes and parts of the battlement .

Web links

Commons : House with Buttresses (Pondaurat)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 107.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maison à contreforts de Pondaurat in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 44 ° 32 '12.6 "  N , 0 ° 5' 17.43"  W.