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Ancienne rizerie des Alpes

Modane, Savoie, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Rizerie (cad. C 1590) : inscription par arrêté du 2 février 1987
Protection dates
1987/02/02 : inscrit MH
Type
usine de produits agro-alimentaires
Main period of construction
1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1908
Architect or builder
CATTENEO Francesco (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Marché
Commune
Modane
Département
Savoie
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.20243, 6.67051
Mérimée reference
PA00118276

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Témoin d'une industrie spécifique, l'ancienne rizerie des Alpes date de 1908. Le riz importé par chemin de fer du Piémont voisin était conditionné dans cet édifice, construit par l'architecte Francesco Cattaneo et traité comme un temple antique. Sans affectation depuis 1939, il a servi de marché couvert, de remise de matériel et de salle de sport, et est aujourd'hui inutilisé.

English translation

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Witness to a specific industry, the former rice mill of the Alps dates from 1908. Rice imported by railway from the neighbouring Piedmont was processed in this building, constructed by architect Francesco Cattaneo and treated as an ancient temple. Without use since 1939, it has served as a covered market, a storage shed and a sports hall, and is today unused.

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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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