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Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc)

Castle in France

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ2968523 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Château de Bellegarde is a château in Lamonzie-Montastruc, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The structure originates in the 14th century although the interiors are of the 20th century. It has been a listed historical monument since 2006.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc)” as castle in France. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Château, Bellegarde and Lamonzie-Montastruc can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as castle in France. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2968523. Authority coordinates are 44.892, 0.592. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc) primary sources, Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc) archive and Château research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc)”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Château de Bellegarde (Lamonzie-Montastruc)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.