Monday, December 3, 2018

Tour de Moulor

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The '''Tour de Moulor''' or '''Château de Moulor''' is a ruined [[castle]] or watch tower in the ''[[Communes of France|commune]]'' of [[Loudervielle]] in the [[Hautes-Pyrénées]] ''[[Departments of France|département]]'' of France.<ref name=MinCult>Ministry of Culture: [https://ift.tt/2Rvhx2N Château fort dit Château de Moulor] . Retrieved 3 December 2018.</ref>

==History==
The tower was built in the 13th century by an unknown builder, with alterations and additions in the 16th and 19th centuries.<ref name=MinCult/> The tower stands on the summit of a peak of grey [[limestone]], forming an irregular platform. A chapel on the site is dedicated to St Madeleine.<ref>Maurice Gourdon, [https://ift.tt/2Q8P85S "Les Tours à Signaux or tours de guet dans le Haut-Comté de Comminges], ''Bulletin de la Société Ramond'' vol 6, 1911, pages 38- . Retrieved 3 December 2018. This source includes a detailed description of the castle as it was in the early 20th century.</ref>

According to tradition, but impossible to believe, the castle was connected by a tunnel to the manor of [[Génos]].<ref>[https://ift.tt/2RvhzaV ''Bulletin Général''], vol 2, Société Académique de Hautes-Pyrénées (1912), p 706 . Retrieved 3 December 2018.</ref>

Both the [[keep]] and the chapel are documented in the 13th century as the property of the Lords of Montlaur, vassals of the barons of Espagne-Montespan.<ref name=MinCult/> In 1540, Dominique de Montlaur gave homage for the castle, two houses and four barns. The last members of the family of the Lords of Montlaur to have lived in the castle died in 1753 and 1754.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Q74oAe TOUR DE MOULOR], ''Les Pyrénées'' . Retrieved 3 December 2018.<br>- [https://ift.tt/2RvQILR "La tour de Moulor"], ''La Dépêche du Midi'', 20 August 2018 . Retrieved 3 December 2018.</ref>

The chapel was restored in 1995.<ref name=MinCult/>

==See also==
*[[List of castles in France]]

==References==


==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2Rvhx2N Ministry of Culture listing for Tour de Moulor]


[[Category:Castles in Hautes-Pyrénées]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hautes-Pyrénées]]
[[Category:Ruined castles in Occitanie]]




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