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Immeuble

Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façade et toiture : inscription par arrêté du 17 février 1950
Protection dates
1950/02/17 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
1er quart 18e siècle
Dates
1700
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
7 rue des Grands-Degrés ; anciennement Grands-Degrés ; 4 rue des
Commune
Saint-Malo
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.64846, -2.02472
Mérimée reference
PA00090837

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A new and correct draught of the CHANNELL between ENGLAND and FRANCE" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet immeuble faisait partie de l'enceinte primitive. Façade du 18e siècle. Le rez-de-chaussée est surélevé et percé d'une porte rectangulaire encadrée de refends et surmontée d'un fronton courbe. Chacun des deux étages présente des fenêtres à encadrement en granit appareillé. Les étages sont séparés par un bandeau de granit. Chateaubriand s'y maria secrètement avec Céleste Buisson de la Vigne le 29 février 1792.

English translation

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This building formed part of the primitive enclosure. Façade of the 18th century. The ground floor is raised and pierced with a rectangular door framed by rustication and surmounted by a curved pediment. Each of the two storeys presents windows with dressed granite framing. The storeys are separated by a granite string course. Chateaubriand married here secretly with Céleste Buisson de la Vigne on 29 February 1792.

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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