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Fontaine de la Rouillasse

Soubise, Charente-Maritime, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Fontaine (cad. D 664) : inscription par arrêté du 28 octobre 1996
Protection dates
1996/10/28 : inscrit MH
Type
fontaine
Main period of construction
1er quart 19e siècle
Dates
1814
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Soubise
Département
Charente-Maritime
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.91029, -1.02535
Mérimée reference
PA17000007

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1765 map "Carte des Isles de Re et d'Olleron." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'usage de ces eaux ferrugineuses remonte fort loin. Au 17e siècle, il y avait quatre sources d'eau ferrugineuse qui s'écoulaient dans un bassin découvert (l'eau était conduite par deux canaux parallèles). La réputation de ces eaux semble oubliée en 1793. Au début du 19e siècle, le nouveau propriétaire fait réparer les bassins et construire un pavillon de plan rectangulaire au-dessus, puis obtient l'autorisation d'exploiter la source en 1819 (une source d'eau claire, l'autre d'eau ferrugineuse). Présence de graffiti de bateaux.

English translation

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The use of these ferruginous waters dates back very far. In the 17th century, there were four sources of ferruginous water which flowed into an open basin (the water was conducted by two parallel channels). The reputation of these waters seems to have been forgotten by 1793. At the beginning of the 19th century, the new owner had the basins repaired and constructed a rectangular-plan pavilion above, then obtained authorization to exploit the source in 1819 (one source of clear water, the other of ferruginous water). Presence of boat graffiti.

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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