Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne caserne de gendarmerie
Saint-Amans-Soult, Tarn, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Cheminée d'époque Renaissance : classement par arrêté du 30 juillet 1921
- Protection dates
- 1921/07/30 : classé MH
- Type
- gendarmerie
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Amans-Soult
- Département
- Tarn
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.47643, 2.49026
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095627
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 Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "18 Castres." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'immeuble communal servit autrefois de maison consulaire, de palais de justice et de lieu de réunion avant d'abriter la garnison de gendarmerie. Sa construction remonterait au 16e siècle. L'édifice se compose d'un grand étage en rez-de-chaussée et d'un demi-étage dans l'axe. L'intérieur conserve une cheminée en pierre sculptée d'époque Renaissance.
English translation
The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com
History
The municipal building formerly served as a consular house, courthouse and meeting place before housing the gendarmerie garrison. Its construction dates back to the 16th century. The building consists of a large ground floor storey and a half-storey in the centre line. The interior preserves a fireplace of carved stone of Renaissance period.
Nearby in the register
- Église Notre-Dameégliseunder 1 mi
- Chapelle funéraire de la famille Soultchapelleunder 1 mi
- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Soult-Bergchâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.