The Château des Ducs de Joyeuse is a castle in the commune of Couiza in the Aude département of France.
9-810: Arques may refer to the following places in France: Arques, Aude , in the Aude department Arques, Aveyron , in the Aveyron department Arques, Pas-de-Calais , in the Pas-de-Calais department Arques-la-Bataille , in the Seine-Maritime department, along the Arques River Battle of Arques (1589) Arques (river) , a river in the Seine-Maritime department of northern France [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
18-695: A member of the House of Joyeuse who therefore became the owner of the lordship and barony of Arques. Arques castle was abandoned in favour of the Château des Ducs de Joyeuse (Castle of the Dukes of Joyeuse) in Couiza . Lords and barons of Arques-barons were hereditary barons of Languedoc ( Pays d'états ) and had a permanent seat in the Estates of Languedoc . Commune of Arques Blazon: Vert, Party per fess Argent chapé chaussé of one in
27-585: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arques, Aude Arques ( French pronunciation: [aʁk] ; Languedocien : Arcas ) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France . Arques is located in the Pyrénées mountains some 25 km south-east of Limoux and 25 km north-east of Quillan . Access to
36-594: The castle is now used as a hotel. The well-preserved building, flanked by round towers, is regarded as typical of many buildings in the Languedoc and Cévennes regions. A pitted rustic work doorway leads to the austere Renaissance courtyard. The chapel is dated to the François 1er period, the rest of the castle is in the Henri II style. Every room of the house contains a French-style ceiling. It has been listed since 1913 as
45-649: The centre of the commune and the village from east to west gathering many tributaries. In the south the Ruisseau de Lait , with many tributaries rising in the commune, flows north-west into the Lac d'Arques (Arques Lake) which feeds the Rialsesse. The area was owned by the Abbey of Lagrasse in the early 11th century, before coming under the control of the Lords of Termes . In 1231 the region
54-540: The commune is by the D613 road from Serres in the west passing through the village and continuing to Albières in the east. The D54 goes north from the village to Valmigère . At the commune border the D70 branches from the D54 and follows a tortuous route to Bouisse . The commune is an alpine commune with rugged terrain but with some farms in the valley. The Rialsesse river flows through
63-460: The other. Blazon: Party per fess, Vert and Argent, vêtu of one in the other. List of Successive Mayors The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arquois or Arquoises in French. The commune has two sites that are registered as historical monuments: Ch%C3%A2teau des Ducs de Joyeuse Originally built for the Dukes of Joyeuse in the mid-16th century,
72-423: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arques&oldid=901515049 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
81-585: Was given by Simon de Montfort to Pierre de Voisins after the Albigensian Crusade . His successor, Gilles de Voisins, began the construction of the castle in 1280 and the organization of the Bastide . It was the northern barons who came to occupy the land of the Cathar heretics under the order of Pope Innocent III . The dynasty of Voisins was extinguished in 1518 with the marriage of Françoise with Jean de Joyeuse,
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