Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Halle
Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, Ardennes, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Halle (cad. C 186) : classement par arrêté du 23 juillet 1981
- Protection dates
- 1981/07/23 : classé MH
- Type
- halle
- Main period of construction
- 3e quart 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1753
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
- Département
- Ardennes
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.72445, 4.30786
- Mérimée reference
- PA00078499
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1736 map "Flanders or the Austrian Netherlands." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Une des dernières halles encore en place dans les Ardennes, considérée comme l'une des plus grandes. Construite en 1752 suite au développement des foires et des marchés, elle a conservé la plupart de ses dispositions d'origine.
English translation
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History
One of the last market halls still in place in the Ardennes, considered one of the largest. Built in 1752 following the development of fairs and markets, it has retained most of its original features.