Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Vieilles halles
Questembert, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Halles (vieilles) (cad. AI 106) : classement par arrêté du 1er septembre 1922
- Protection dates
- 1922/09/01 : classé MH
- Type
- halle
- Main period of construction
- 3e quart 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1675
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Questembert
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.66121, -2.45384
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091601
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Halles en charpente de chêne datant de 1675, construites sur un plan rectangulaire et mesurant 56m de long sur 15, 50m de large. Elles se composent d'une grande nef de 17 travées, appuyée par deux parties constituant bas-côtés. Tous les poteaux des fermes reposent sur des piedestaux en granit. Ceux en bordure de l'extérieur sont reliés par un muret percé irrégulièrement de passages correspondants aux rues débouchant sur la place.
English translation
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History
Halle with oak roof structure dating from 1675, built on a rectangular plan and measuring 56m long by 15.50m wide. It consists of a large nave of 17 bays, supported by two sections forming aisles. All the posts of the roof trusses rest on granite pedestals. Those on the exterior edge are linked by a low wall irregularly pierced with passages corresponding to the streets opening onto the square.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Saint-Michelchapelleunder 1 mi
- Cimetièrecimetièreunder 1 mi
- Presbytèrepresbytèreunder 1 mi
- Croix des Buttescroix monumentaleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.