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Palais Lumière

La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades, toitures et grand salon (cad. AT 103) : inscription par arrêté du 12 février 1996
Protection dates
1996/02/12 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
château
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1900
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
68 avenue Emile-Ripert ; allée Lumière
Commune
La Ciotat
Département
Bouches-du-Rhône
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.18794, 5.61686
Mérimée reference
PA13000006

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "124 Marseille." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Lieu de mémoire, témoin de la présence des frères Lumière et des débuts du cinéma. Constitution du domaine par Antoine Lumière vers 1900, comportant un château, ses dépendances, des villas, un port privé, un vignoble, des cultures. Château de style éclectique qui fut la résidence des frères Lumière jusqu'en 1910. Domaine loti en 1925 : le château a été presqu'entièrement transformé.

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Place of memory, witness to the presence of the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema. Formation of the estate by Antoine Lumière around 1900, comprising a château, its outbuildings, villas, a private port, a vineyard, and crops. Château of eclectic style which was the residence of the Lumière brothers until 1910. Estate subdivided in 1925: the château was almost entirely transformed.

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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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