Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Halles
Villebois-Lavalette, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Halles : classement par décret du 10 mai 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/05/10 : classé MH
- Type
- marché couvert
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Villebois-Lavalette
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.48223, 0.28013
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104542
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Halles datant de la seconde moitié du 18e siècle, construites au centre de la ville, sur une place triangulaire dont le sol est en forte déclivité. La charpente repose sur un quillage de poteaux portés par des dés de pierre. Sur la façade principale, cinq colonnes doriques portent un auvent recouvert d'ardoises, par l'intermédiaire d'une poutre composée, formée de croisillons assemblés à mi-bois. Le bâtiment est couronné d'un immense toit en tuiles creuses.
English translation
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History
Market halls dating from the second half of the 18th century, built in the centre of the town, on a triangular square whose ground is in steep decline. The roof structure rests on a keelson of posts carried by stone plinths. On the main façade, five Doric columns carry an awning covered with slate, by means of a composite beam, formed by crosspieces assembled half-lap. The building is crowned with an immense roof in curved tiles.
Nearby in the register
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- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Prieuré Saint-Jean-Baptisteprieuré2 mi
- Église Saint-Jean-Baptisteéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.