Pigeon tower (carbonne)

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Pigeon Tower in Carbonne

The pigeon tower (French colombier or pigeonnier ) in Carbonne , a French commune in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region , was built around 1600. The pigeon tower with the address rue Étienne-Prosjean No. 31 has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as Monument historique since 2009 .

description

Louis de Grilhon had the pigeon tower built, which is why it is also known as the Pigeonnier de Grilhon .

The round tower made of brickwork is covered by a dome . The roof, which has echoes of Moorish architecture , is crowned by a lantern .

See also

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Haute-Garonne. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-84234-081-7 , p. 504.

Web links

Commons : Taubenturm (Carbonne)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Colombier du Grilhon in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 43 ° 17 '59.21 "  N , 1 ° 13' 36.52"  O