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Pendentif

Valence, Drôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Pendentif, à l'exception de la grille : classement par liste de 1840
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH
Type
oratoire
Dates
1548
Commune
Valence
Département
Drôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.93184, 4.88960
Mérimée reference
PA00117094

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Les Estats de Savoye et de Piemont (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Monument funéraire construit en 1548 à l'emplacement d'un ancien cimetière, pour la famille Mistral. Il doit son appellation à sa coupole appareillée sur pendentifs. Disparition de la toiture d'origine en 1567. Edifice transformé en bûcher puis en cuisine de restaurant, avant d'être racheté par la ville en 1831.

English translation

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Funerary monument built in 1548 at the site of an old cemetery, for the Mistral family. It owes its name to its dome constructed on pendentives. Disappearance of the original roof in 1567. Building transformed into a woodshed then into a restaurant kitchen, before being repurchased by the town in 1831.

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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