Ancien archevêché d'Embrun

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History

The diocese was founded in 365 by Marcellin. In 794, the episcopal seat of Embrun was erected into an archbishopric, suppressed in 1801. Of the medieval fortified building only the Brune tower survives, incorporated into the north wing. At the end of the 15th century, or at the beginning of the 16th, the archbishops had a building constructed now incorporated into the central wing. The south wing dates from the 16th century. In the 17th or 18th century, the central wing was doubled and the south wing transformed into a residence. The ensemble of three wings delimits two courtyards: the former court of honour to the west; the courtyard known as the commons to the east. In the middle of the 19th century, the army, which occupied the premises, undertook radical restoration, continued in the course of the 20th century.