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Maison

Saint-Gilles, Gard, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Pierre sculptée qui se trouve sur la façade (cad. N 1126) : inscription par arrêté du 20 janvier 1964
Protection dates
1964/01/20 : inscrit MH
Type
maison
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
5 place Ernest-Blanc
Lieu-dit
la Ville
Commune
Saint-Gilles
Département
Gard
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.67660, 4.43322
Mérimée reference
PA00103211

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La pierre sculptée qui est incrustée dans la maison moderne provient très probablement des ruines de l'église abbatiale dont le chevet est tout proche. Des modillons semblables à celui-ci sont encore en place en plusieurs endroits de l'édifice. Sous le listel s'étend un large congé, légèrement creusé en cavet, d'où jaillit l'avant-corps d'un taureau aux cornes à peine recourbées.

English translation

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The sculptured stone which is inlaid in the modern house probably comes from the ruins of the abbey church whose chevet is quite near. Modillions similar to this one are still in place in several places of the building. Under the listel extends a wide cavetto, slightly hollowed out, from which issues the fore-body of a bull with horns barely curved.

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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