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Préfecture

Angoulême, Charente, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures : inscription par arrêté du 29 octobre 1975
Protection dates
1975/10/29 : inscrit MH
Type
préfecture
Main period of construction
2e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1828, 1834
Architect or builder
Abadie Paul, père (maître de l'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété du département
Commune
Angoulême
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.64587, 0.15731
Mérimée reference
PA00104226

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1825 map "V.1:1-5: I: Frankreich. DEP: 53. Der Dordogne. 54. Der Charente" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Située contre les remparts et la fin d'un quartier construit sous le Premier Empire et la Restauration, la préfecture est due à Paul Abadie père. Le projet lui est confié en 1828. Le plan comprend un imposant vestibule, plusieurs salons, un billard, une salle de réunion et, au premier étage, en dehors des appartements privés du préfet, est prévu un appartement d'honneur destiné au séjour des princes et princesses de la famille royale, de passage à Angoulême.

English translation

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Situated against the ramparts and the end of a district built under the First Empire and the Restoration, the prefecture is the work of Paul Abadie the elder. The project was entrusted to him in 1828. The plan comprises an imposing vestibule, several drawing rooms, a billiard room, a meeting hall and, on the first floor, apart from the private apartments of the prefect, is provided an apartment of honour intended for the stay of princes and princesses of the royal family, passing through Angoulême.

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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