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Maison

Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
La porte, vantaux compris (cad. DX 289) : inscription par arrêté du 8 juillet 1946
Protection dates
1946/07/08 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
25 rue du Cygne
Commune
Tours
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.39529, 0.69112
Mérimée reference
PA00098223

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La porte se compose de deux vantaux armés de clous. Le battement est richement décoré, à sa partie supérieure, d'une chute de feuillages et de fruits, surmontée d'une tête ; au centre, d'une double ligne de palmettes ; à sa partie inférieure, d'acanthes et de volutes.

English translation

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The door consists of two leaves armed with nails. The leaf is richly decorated, in its upper part, with falling foliage and fruits, surmounted by a head; in the centre, with a double line of palmettes; in its lower part, with acanthus leaves and scrolls.

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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