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Ancien collège de l'Oratoire

Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Porte d'entrée : inscription par arrêté du 6 avril 1929
Protection dates
1929/04/06 : inscrit MH
Type
collège
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1662
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue Marivaux
Commune
Riom
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.89264, 3.11684
Mérimée reference
PA00092266

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancien collège élevé à Riom par les Oratoriens au 17e siècle formant deux corps de bâtiments dont l'un de plan quadrangulaire. Entre les deux corps se trouvait la porte d'entrée principale. Cette ancienne porte, avec son arceau de pierre de taille surmonté d'un fronton, constitue un bon exemple de l'architecture de cette période. Son arc au cintre légèrement surbaissé est encadré de deux pilastres doriques. Le fronton de la porte, en forme de triangle tronqué, est orné d'un cartouche entouré de têtes, de feuillages et de fleurs. Au bas du cartouche est gravée l'année 1662.

English translation

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Former college erected in Riom by the Oratorians in the 17th century forming two bodies of buildings, one of quadrangular plan. Between the two bodies was located the main entrance gate. This old gate, with its stone ashlar archway surmounted by a pediment, constitutes a good example of the architecture of this period. Its arch with slightly depressed curve is framed by two Doric pilasters. The pediment of the gate, in the form of a truncated triangle, is adorned with a cartouche surrounded by heads, foliage and flowers. At the base of the cartouche is engraved the year 1662.

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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