Lauzerte: Four Houses
- Title:
- Lauzerte: Four Houses
- Collection:
- John Reps Collection - Bastides
- Founder:
- Raymond V of Toulouse (Castum)
Raymond VII (Bastide)
- Date:
- 2009
- Founding Date:
- 1194 or 1176 (castrum)
1241 (bastide)
- Coordinates:
- 44.257077,1.138669
- Latitude:
- 44.257077
- Longitude:
- 1.138669
- Site:
- Lauzerte
- Location:
- Tarn-et-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Lauzerte - Country:
- France
- ID Number:
- BAS_LAU_010
- Collection Number:
- 15-2-1101
- File Name:
- BAS_LAU_010.jpg
- Work Type:
- color photographs
- Subject:
- Bastides
- Image View Description:
- Four Houses
- Description:
- As castrum founded by Raymond V in a joint venture with Lord of Castanher in either 1176 or 1194
High mountain top resulted in streets following contours or leading diagonally across slope lines
Approximately square in plan with arcades on three sides
Church facing market square. Remnants of fortifications and buildings of 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries. Gate of the 14th century. - Cite As:
- John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- John Reps papers
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the John Reps Bastides Collection (a portion of "John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101") are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution must be given to their copyright owner/creator/photographer, John Reps. Images in the John Reps Bastides Collection were created between 1951-2014, and were digitized from 35mm slides by Cornell University Library. For questions, comments, or feedback about this collection please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collection at rarerepro@cornell.edu. Please include the following citation in any use of materials from the John Reps Bastides Collection: John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.