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Salle de café de style Directoire

Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La salle de café (cad. C 13) : inscription par arrêté du 6 août 1956
Protection dates
1956/08/06 : inscrit MH
Type
café
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1820, 1830
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
34 boulevard Saint-Louis
Commune
Le Puy-en-Velay
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.04303, 3.88062
Mérimée reference
PA00092809

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Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "89 Le Puy." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Depuis l'Empire, les cafés ont pris une place de plus en plus importante dans la vie sociale. Certains se rattachent à l'histoire littéraire, d'autres à celle de la politique. Ce café, datant du Directoire, était fréquenté par les officiers de la garnison. Il possède un décor et des vitrines authentiques, ce qui constitue une rareté. La salle présente des baies dont l'imposte en éventail est assez symptomatique du Directoire mais qui dut être réalisée vers 1830. Les écoinçons sont garnis de Renommées en stuc. Des étoiles ornent la poutre séparative.

English translation

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Since the Empire, cafés have taken an increasingly important place in social life. Some are connected to literary history, others to political history. This café, dating from the Directory, was frequented by officers of the garrison. It possesses authentic décor and display cases, which constitutes a rarity. The room presents openings whose fan-shaped transom is quite symptomatic of the Directory but which must have been executed around 1830. The spandrels are furnished with Renown figures in stucco. Stars ornament the dividing beam.

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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