Picture of Old Taizon bridge (also in communes of Bagneux and Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay) - Papay - © Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.fr)

Picture of Old Taizon bridge (also in communes of Bagneux and Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay) - Lutralutra - © Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.fr)

Picture of Old Taizon bridge (also in communes of Bagneux and Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay) - POP Plateforme Ouverte du Patrimoine / Base Mérimée - © Ministère de la Culture (France), Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles de Nouvelle Aquitaine, tous droits réservés

Loretz-d'Argenton : Old Taizon bridge (also in communes of Bagneux and Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay)

Deux-Sèvres

Reference

PA00101178

Latitude

47.0529

Longitude

-0.227

Address

2 Route du Pont de Taizon 79290 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay

Construction era

12e siècle

Protection date

1943/09/22 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Pont de Taizon (ancien), sur le Thouet : inscription par arrêté du 22 septembre 1943

This bridge would date from the 11th or early 12th century. It consists of four large arcs in broken arc and three smaller arches near the abutments. The structure is based on masonry batteries, with upstream and rectangular spur forms on the downstream side.