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Halle

Villeréal, Lot-et-Garonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
La halle (cad. AB 341) : classement par arrêté du 12 juillet 2007
Protection dates
2007/07/12 : classé MH
Type
halle
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
Halle (place de la)
Commune
Villeréal
Département
Lot-et-Garonne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.63727, 0.74296
Mérimée reference
PA00084278

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "72 Castillonez, Velleneuve, La Reole." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Bastide fondée par Alphonse de Poitiers en 1267. Le plan régulier est organisé autour de la place centrale où se tient la halle qui abrite un marché depuis 1305. Cette halle ouverte dispose d'une charpente en chêne reposant sur trois portiques concentriques de plan carré. La partie centrale formant tabouret supporte un local en pan de bois qui abrita les réunions de la jurade. La halle date du 16e siècle, avec des remplois des 14e et 15e siècles.

English translation

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Bastide founded by Alphonse of Poitiers in 1267. The regular plan is organized around the central square where stands the market hall which has housed a market since 1305. This open hall has an oak roof structure resting on three concentric porticoes of square plan. The central part forming a pedestal supports a timber-framed local building which housed the jurade meetings. The hall dates from the 16th century, with reused elements from the 14th and 15th centuries.

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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