Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Maison dite Ecole d'architecture
Volvic, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- arcature romane du pignon : classement par arrêté du 18 mai 1908
- Protection dates
- 1908/05/18 : classé MH
- Type
- maison, école d'art
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Volvic
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.87215, 3.03862
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092479
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cette maison servait à l'éducation des tailleurs de pierre. Le pignon présente une triple arcature encastrée dans la maçonnerie. L'arcature se compose de trois linteaux juxtaposés, en demi cercles, surmontés d'une moulure. L'arcature centrale est séparée des deux autres par une colonnette avec base et chapiteau.
English translation
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History
This house was used for the education of stonemasons. The gable presents a triple arcading embedded in the masonry. The arcading is composed of three juxtaposed lintels, in semi-circles, surmounted by a moulding. The central arcading is separated from the two others by a small column with base and capital.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Priestégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Bosredonchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château fort de Tournoëlchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Saint-Genès-l'Enfantchâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.