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Maison de Jacques Cartier, dite Les Portes Cartier

Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Maison de Jacques Cartier, dite Les Portes Cartier (cad. Q 72, 73) : inscription par arrêté du 21 février 1940
Protection dates
1940/02/21 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
2e quart 16e siècle
Dates
1545
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Malo
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.67393, -1.96636
Mérimée reference
PA00090821

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Maison dans laquelle Jacques Cartier mourut de la peste en 1754. Elle se compose d'un bâtiment ancien entre cour et jardin. Côté cour, présence d'une tourelle circulaire. Contre les pignons sont accolés deux bâtiments plus récents servant d'habitation. Au sud de la cour et en face du bâtiment principal sont édifiées des dépendances modernes. L'intérieur du manoir comprend une grande cuisine suivie d'une autre salle. Au premier étage se trouve la chambre de Jacques Cartier.

English translation

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House in which Jacques Cartier died of the plague in 1754. It is composed of an old building between courtyard and garden. On the courtyard side, the presence of a circular turret. Against the gables are attached two more recent buildings serving as dwellings. To the south of the courtyard and facing the main building are erected modern dependencies. The interior of the manor comprises a large kitchen followed by another room. On the first floor is found Jacques Cartier's bedroom.

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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