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Château
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Historic monument · classé · Mérimée

Château

Classé historic monument since 1945The only classé monument in Estaing; classé is France’s highest protection, held by 14,963 of its 46,703 monuments (32%).
CChâteauS15th & 16th c.1945protectedPPartly protected
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About Château

Château is the only classé historic monument in Estaing, the higher of France’s two levels of protection. It dates from the 15th & 16th c. Part of it has been classé since 1945. 3 more historic monuments stand within 400 m.

Le château d'Estaing est une demeure des XIe, XVe, XVIe et XVIIe siècles qui se situe dans la commune française d'Estaing dans le département de l'Aveyron, en région Occitanie.

From Wikipédia (French), article “Château d'Estaing” · CC BY-SA 4.0 · read October 28, 2026

MHRead its Mérimée recordThe Culture ministry’s notice PA00094021 on POP↗

Classé is the highest protection: no work may be done on the building without the State’s permission, and the State’s architects watch over it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 3 monuments in about 5 minutes

Estaing · about 0.2 mi on foot, as the crow flies

Around it

3 more historic monuments within 150 m

C classé · I inscrit. Each opens its own page.

More like it

Other buildings like it nearby among the classé monuments

With a photo, within 25 mi; other towns first.

Questions about Château

Is Château protected?

Yes. It is classé, the higher of France’s two levels of protection as a historic monument since 1945 (Mérimée record PA00094021). The protection covers part of the building.

Can you visit Château?

The list doesn’t say when it is open. Many monuments open on the Journées européennes du patrimoine in September; the town hall or tourist office can tell you more.

When was Château built?

By the list’s record, it dates from the 15th & 16th c.

Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries). Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.