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Halle

Grenade, Haute-Garonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Halle (cad. C 722) : classement par arrêté du 5 décembre 1979
Protection dates
1979/12/05 : classé MH
Type
marché couvert
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Grenade
Département
Haute-Garonne
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.77237, 1.29334
Mérimée reference
PA00094351

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3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "Le Diocese de Toulouse" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).

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Fondée en 1290 par les moines de Granselve, Grenade était une ville marché destinée à favoriser l'essor agricole et commercial de la région. La place centrale est occupée par la halle qui occupe un carré de 72x74 mètres, et constitue le centre des rues disposées en damier. La charpente de trois étages, surmontés d'un beffroi, est portée par trente-six piliers de briques octogonaux qui auraient été construits entre 1582 et 1593. La toiture pyramidale subit trois décrochements successifs à partir du beffroi terminal, le dernier recouvrant les deux étages à greniers à l'intérieur. Au premier étage, au-dessus des seize piliers de la surface centrale, se trouvent les greniers à grains dont l'accès s'effectuait par des échelles en bois. Cet étage était fermé par des planches et ajouré par de grandes fenêtres à croisillons de bois.

English translation

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Founded in 1290 by the monks of Granselve, Grenade was a market town intended to promote the agricultural and commercial development of the region. The central square is occupied by the market hall which occupies a square of 72x74 metres, and forms the centre of the streets arranged in a grid pattern. The roof structure of three storeys, surmounted by a belfry, is carried by thirty-six octagonal brick pillars which are said to have been built between 1582 and 1593. The pyramidal roof undergoes three successive recesses starting from the terminal belfry, the last one covering the two storeys with granaries inside. On the first floor, above the sixteen pillars of the central surface, are the grain granaries whose access was by wooden ladders. This floor was closed by planks and pierced by large windows with wooden mullions and transoms.

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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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