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Maison d'angle à tourelle

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades sur rue et couverture (cad. 519) : inscription par arrêté du 20 juillet 1955
Protection dates
1955/07/20 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Dates
1583
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
53 rue de la République ; 27 rue Victor-Hugo
Commune
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.84168, 0.21666
Mérimée reference
PA00083819

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette maison du 16e siècle devait avoir des colombages qui ont disparu lors d'une réfection qui semble remonter au 17e siècle. Henri IV ayant fait cinq séjours à Sainte-Foy, dont un de trois semaines en 1584 pendant lequel il rendit visite à Montaigne, récompensa les consuls de Sainte-Foy pour leur accueil. Il en annoblit deux et les autorisa à élever une tourelle surmontée d'une girouette à l'angle de leur demeure. Cette maison devait appartenir à l'un de ces consuls. La date de 1583 surmontant le porche semble être celle de la construction de la tourelle.

English translation

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This 16th-century house must have had timber framing which disappeared during a renovation that appears to date from the 17th century. Henry IV having made five stays in Sainte-Foy, including one of three weeks in 1584 during which he visited Montaigne, rewarded the consuls of Sainte-Foy for their welcome. He ennobled two of them and authorized them to raise a turret surmounted by a weathervane at the corner of their dwelling. This house must have belonged to one of these consuls. The date 1583 above the porch appears to be that of the construction of the turret.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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