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Maison

Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Corps de logis sur la cour et aile François Ier (cad. DX 287) : inscription par arrêté du 13 juillet 1926
Protection dates
1926/07/13 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
27 rue du Cygne
Commune
Tours
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.39524, 0.69068
Mérimée reference
PA00098224

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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

L'édifice conserve des parties du 15e et du 16e siècle, dont une tourelle gothique et une galerie murée au décor de pilastres, de cartouches et de cariatides. Cette façade est un bon exemple d'architecture civile Renaissance. Cette maison est une ancienne dépendance de l'hôtel de la Bourdaisière.

English translation

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The building retains parts from the 15th and 16th centuries, including a Gothic turret and a walled gallery with decoration of pilasters, cartouches and caryatids. This façade is a good example of Renaissance civil architecture. This house is a former dependency of the hôtel de la Bourdaisière.

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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