Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Halle au blé
Alençon, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Halle au blé : inscription par arrêté du 29 octobre 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/10/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- halle
- Main period of construction
- 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1812, 1865
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place Halle-au-Blé
- Commune
- Alençon
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.43045, 0.08482
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110693
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "63 Alencon." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La construction initiale a été achevée en 1812. Sur cette base aurait été établie une coupole métallique vitrée vers 1865. L'édifice a partiellement été reconstruit après un incendie en 1836. Les plans de la coupole passent pour avoir été réalisés par Eiffel.
English translation
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History
The initial construction was completed in 1812. On this basis a glazed metal dome was supposedly established around 1865. The building was partially rebuilt after a fire in 1836. The plans for the dome are reputed to have been drawn up by Eiffel.
Nearby in the register
- Pharmacie Peschemagasin de commerceunder 1 mi
- Hôtel Liberthôtelunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Bibliothèque municipale (ancienne chapelle des Jésuites)chapelleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.