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Halle aux grains

Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Halle aux grains (cad. DO 155) : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1982
Protection dates
1982/06/03 : inscrit MH
Type
halle
Main period of construction
2e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1849
Architect or builder
La Morandière Jean de (maître de l'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
2 place Jean-Jaurès
Commune
Blois
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.59020, 1.33553
Mérimée reference
PA00098350

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "29 Blois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La halle aux grains, qui remplaça l'ancienne halle au blé du 13e siècle, est une construction de plan rectangulaire, commencée en 1849 sur un projet de Jean de la Morandière. Les matériaux (brique polychrome et pierres) , la toiture d'ardoises et les tourelles qui flanquent l'édifice, entendent rappeler l'esprit des constructions du règne de Louis XII. A l'intérieur, quatre rangées de piliers en pierre disposées en rectangle et supportant une galerie à l'étage, déterminent une nef et quatre bas-côtés. La charpente est en bois avec des tirants d'acier. Huit grandes entrées ouvrent le bâtiment.

English translation

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The grain hall, which replaced the former grain market of the 13th century, is a construction of rectangular plan, begun in 1849 on a project by Jean de la Morandière. The materials (polychrome brick and stones), the slate roof and the turrets which flank the building, are intended to recall the spirit of the constructions of the reign of Louis XII. Inside, four rows of pillars in stone arranged in a rectangle and supporting a gallery at the upper level, determine a nave and four aisles. The roof structure is in wood with steel tie-beams. Eight large entrances open the building.

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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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