Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Halle
Puycasquier, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Halle (cad. E 475) : inscription par arrêté du 15 mars 1973
- Protection dates
- 1973/03/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- halle
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Puycasquier
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.74625, 0.74741
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094897
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1770 map "74 Auch." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Selon la tradition locale, la halle daterait du 16e siècle, mais elle est caractéristique d'une ville neuve du Moyen-Age. Elle présente le jumelage entre la halle et la place à cornières, parti destiné à favoriser les transactions commerciales. La halle fait également fonction d'emban par rapport à l'église. Deux piliers sont adossés à l'église. Ceux du pourtour sont en brique. Primitivement, ces piliers étaient en bois. A l'intérieur, les poteaux de bois comportent des chapiteaux sculptés. L'allée centrale monte plus haut que les allées latérales.
English translation
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History
According to local tradition, the market hall would date from the 16th century, but it is characteristic of a new town of the Middle Ages. It presents the pairing between the market hall and the corner square, a design intended to favour commercial transactions. The market hall also functions as a buttress in relation to the church. Two pillars are set against the church. Those of the perimeter are in brick. Originally, these pillars were in wood. Inside, the wooden posts have sculpted capitals. The central aisle rises higher than the side aisles.
Nearby in the register
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Lauretchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.