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Bastide de Palaminy

Palaminy

Dimensions
The town keeps the line of a quadrangular 14th-century enclosure, flanked at its north-west corner by the château de Palaminy. The church of Saint-Pierre, the maison du Tilleul and the maison Le Roucat are among the old buildings of the village. The texts report neither market hall nor square with covered arcades.
Period
13th century (homage 1245, charter 1257); enclosure and castle of the 14th century.
What stands there
Four buildings are protected as monuments historiques: the church of Saint-Pierre, inscribed in 1950, the château de Palaminy, the maison du Tilleul and the maison Le Roucat, inscribed in 1988. Palaminy numbered 772 inhabitants in 2022.

Palaminy, on the left bank of the Garonne opposite Cazères, is a small bastide of the Volvestre whose origins are disputed. Wikipedia attributes the fortified new town to Raymond VII around 1260, a date incompatible with the count's death in 1249; the association Patrimoine Volvestre points out that the name of the village appears only in 1245, when Roger d'Aspet, lord of the place, did homage to Raymond VII, homage renewed to Alphonse de Poitiers, who in 1257 authorised the same Roger d'Aspet to grant a charter to the inhabitants. In 1271 the consuls swore their oath to the seneschal of the king of France. The village then drew together within a small quadrangular enclosure flanked by a castle, whose position suggests a creation by Gaston Fébus. The church of Saint-Pierre, the castle and two old houses are protected today.

Further reading

Getting there : Free access to the village; the castle is a private building.

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Bastide de Palaminy
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