Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien couvent des Minimes
Roussillon, Isère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Ancien couvent (cad. E 138) : inscription par arrêté du 17 février 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/02/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- couvent
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1608
- Ownership
- propriété d'un établissement public départemental
- Address
- 10-12 chemin du Couvent
- Commune
- Roussillon
- Département
- Isère
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.37435, 4.81880
- Mérimée reference
- PA38000006
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le couvent de Roussillon, fondé en 1608 à l'instigation de Just de Tournon, fait partie d'une série de créations dans la région. Il a été établi sur le site de l'ancienne église paroissiale mentionnée depuis la fin du 12e siècle. Les bâtiments du couvent forment un quadrilatère avec le cloître au centre. L'étage de soubassement contient des décors peints de pilastres en trompe-l'oeil, des dessins gravés et des inscriptions.
English translation
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History
The convent of Roussillon, founded in 1608 at the instigation of Just de Tournon, is part of a series of creations in the region. It was established on the site of the former parish church mentioned from the late 12th century onwards. The buildings of the convent form a quadrilateral with the cloister at the centre. The basement storey contains painted decoration of pilasters in trompe-l'oeil, engraved drawings and inscriptions.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.