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Maison des Jardies ou Maison de Gambetta

Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
inscrit MH, classé MH, protection totale
Extent of protection
La maison, y compris son jardin (cad. AB 67) : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1991 - Le monument à la mémoire de Gambetta (cad. AB 67) : classement par arrêté du 10 juillet 1995
Protection dates
1991/06/03 : inscrit MH, 1995/07/10 : classé MH
Type
maison, monument
Main period of construction
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1892
Architect or builder
Bartholdi Frédéric-Auguste (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Address
14 avenue Gambetta
Commune
Sèvres
Département
Hauts-de-Seine
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.82712, 2.19880
Mérimée reference
PA00088175

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "La Generalite de Paris (northern sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Maison des Jardies construite avant 1771, modifiée au 19e siècle et habitée par Honoré de Balzac de 1837 à 1840, puis par Léon Gambetta qui l'acquit en 1878 et y mourut en 1882. Monument aménagé en 1892 ; il contenait le coeur de Gambetta, qui a été transféré au Panthéon en 1920. La maison abrite actuellement un musée Gambetta.

English translation

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Maison des Jardies built before 1771, modified in the 19th century and inhabited by Honoré de Balzac from 1837 to 1840, then by Léon Gambetta who acquired it in 1878 and died there in 1882. Monument arranged in 1892; it contained the heart of Gambetta, which was transferred to the Panthéon in 1920. The house currently houses a Gambetta museum.

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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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