Montauriol Castle
The Montauriol Castle is now in the urban area of Montauban in southwest France , the administrative seat of the Tarn-et-Garonne department .
Location and building history
In 1870 the castle was built as a country castle by a wealthy citizen of this city in the then fashionable neo-Gothic style. He chose the historically significant site as the building site, which was just a few meters south of what would later become the town of Montauban . Here the Roman road crossed the Tarn between Toulouse and Cahors , directly on the southern border of the Quercy to Toulousain. In the year 820 the Benedictine monks founded the abbey of St. Martin on the hill called Montauriol, which was renamed St. Théodard a little later.
Théodard of Narbonne (French also Audard), the later canonized Bishop of Narbonne , is said to have been born here and buried on May 1, 893. It was not until 1144 that the Count of Toulouse , Alphonse Jourdan, is said to have founded the city of Montauban in the neighborhood. Before construction began on Montauriol Castle, only the historical legends had survived, but no remnants of the formerly important abbey . The attribution should restore the historical reference.
Today's intended use
In 1989 the Montauriol Castle was extensively renovated and has since been used by the Conseil Général des Départements , whose members are directly elected by the respective cantons and thus form the counterpart to the respective prefect of a department. As early as 1977, a functional, modern building for the Conseil Général was erected in the immediate vicinity of the palace complex.
The large park surrounding the buildings is called "Parc de Montauriol". Music events in the city of Montauban take place here in summer.
literature
- Jörg Feuchter: heretics, consuls and penitents. The urban elites of Montauban . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-16-149285-3 .
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Coordinates: 44 ° 0 ′ 31 ″ N , 1 ° 21 ′ 32 ″ E