Pigeon tower at Château de Mesnil-Voisin

Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '12.4 "  N , 2 ° 16' 35.7"  E

Pigeon tower of the Château de Mesnil-Voisin in Bouray-sur-Juine

The pigeon tower (French colombier or pigeonnier ) of the Château de Mesnil-Voisin in Bouray-sur-Juine , a French commune in the Essonne department in the Île-de-France region , was built in the 17th century.

description

The pigeon tower has been on the list of architectural monuments in France as part of the castle as a Monument historique since 1993 .

The round tower made of quarry stone , which stands in the courtyard of the outbuildings of the castle, is crowned by a roof pommel. The 3000 pigeon nests are still preserved inside. A rotating staircase made it possible to get the pigeon dung out of the nests to use it as fertilizer.

See also

• Pigeon towers in France

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de l'Essonne. Flohic Éditions, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-126-0 , p. 340.

Web links

Commons : Château de Mesnil-Voisin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Château de Mesnil-Voisin in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)