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Palais de justice

La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Palais de justice : inscription par arrêté du 14 mai 1925
Protection dates
1925/05/14 : inscrit MH
Type
palais de justice
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 4e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1614, 1783, 1789
Ownership
propriété du département
Address
Palais (rue du)
Commune
La Rochelle
Département
Charente-Maritime
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.15983, -1.15392
Mérimée reference
PA00105143

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Façade ornée, en partie centrale, de six hautes colonnes corinthiennes supportant l'entablement sculpté d'une frise de rinceaux. Au-dessus, un écusson contient les attributs de la Justice. A l'intérieur, un couloir d'entrée en briques à chainages de pierre avec, de chaque côté, une porte à fronton brisé, et, au premier étage, la porte de corridor de la salle d'audiences, sont les vestiges du premier palais construit sous Henri IV et terminé en 1614.

English translation

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Façade ornamented, in the central part, with six tall Corinthian columns supporting the entablature carved with a frieze of scrollwork. Above, a shield contains the attributes of Justice. Inside, an entrance corridor in brick with stone quoins with, on each side, a door with broken pediment, and, on the first floor, the corridor door of the audience hall, are the vestiges of the first palace built under Henri IV and completed in 1614.

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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