Portet-sur-Garonne : Pyramid marking the limit between Guyenne and Languedoc
Haute-GaronneReference
PA00094429
Latitude
43.515139147007
Longitude
1.3816022053059
Address
28 A Chemin du Castelet 31120 Portet-sur-Garonne
Construction era
2e moitié 17e siècle
Protection date
1973/02/21 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
Pyramide marquant la limite entre la Guyenne et le Languedoc (cad. D 1438) : inscription par arrêté du 21 février 1973
Description
An emblematic pyramid, located before the Revolution, demarcated the border between Guyenne and Languedoc, and was already present in 1701. Each passage from one province to another was reported, from the end of the 17th century or at the beginning of the 18th, by a stone pyramid, of which three copies remain in the region. These pyramids are approximately six meters high and rest on a rectangular base decorated with protruding panels. They are surmounted by a loop fixed on a slender metal rod.
