Dignac

Dignac is a common French, located in the department of the Charente and the area Poitou-Charentes.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Romance Church Saint-Cybard of the 12th century:

Shouldered frontage of walls of buttresses deadened in placis. Bell-tower on two floors, surmounted of a roof with four sides and its gate. Remarkable paintings of the 12th century and 17th century. Building altered in 1875.
Classified MH by decree of the December 26th 1980.
Source: Base Mérimée - © Historic buildings, 1992.

medieval garden

It presents a collection of approximately 150 plants selected according to the list of capitulary the De Villis of Charlemagne. Free entry.

Castle of Pouyaud:

Time: 15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th siècle.
Vestige of the castle built in 1520, the tower, crowned machicolation, shelters the vault whose vault rests on veins. Vestiges of a door of the 15th century, alongside of a watch tower of angle mutilated, on the building in return of square. A covered house of a high slate roof is stuck to the principal home rebuilt at the 17th century. The door of the home, worked is transformed into fenêtre.
Registered voter MH by decree of the June 9th 1966.
Source: Base Mérimée - © Historic buildings, 1992.

Castle of the Tower of Breuil:

Time: 1st quarter 15th century, 4th quarter 14th siècle.
Remain of a castle of the 16th century. The square keep (height of 23m), strongly altered at the 16th century, ends in a parapet on enjolivés machicolations of shells. The dependences of the castle are refaites.
The vault of the castle of Breuil, unused before the Révolution preserves murals of the 15th century in fort bad condition 1995. Precise details: Keep, interior of the vault decorated with murals as well as the cover corresponding registered voters to Inv. Suppl. of the MH. Inscription by decree of the December 23rd 1964.
Source: Base Mérimée - © Historic buildings, 1992.

At the village of Cloulas:

Romance church Sulpice Saint of the 12th century-13th century.

At the village of Beaulieu:

Romance church Notre Dame of the nativity of Vierge.
In ruin at the 17th century, was disfigured by a too hasty rebuilding, which however made it possible to save the building. The bottom of the chorus is bored of three joined Romance windows, as in the Protestant temples.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of Charente

External bonds

Dignac on the site of the national geographical Institute
Dignac on the site of INSEE
Dignac on the site of Quid
Localization of Dignac on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Dignac on Mapquest

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