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Maison natale de Champollion, actuellement musée Champollion

Figeac, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et les toitures (cad. AB 246, 247, 248) : inscription par arrêté du 4 juillet 1973
Protection dates
1973/07/04 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
4 impasse Champollion
Commune
Figeac
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.60980, 2.03424
Mérimée reference
PA00095079

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "16 Rodez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Né à Figeac en 1790, Jean-François Champollion déduit les principes de l'écriture égyptienne antique à partir de la pierre de Rosette, en 1821.

English translation

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Born in Figeac in 1790, Jean-François Champollion deduced the principles of ancient Egyptian writing from the Rosetta Stone, in 1821.

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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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