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Auditoire et prisons

Saint-Amour, Jura, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'auditoire et les prisons (cad. AK 411, 412) : inscription par arrêté du 8 janvier 1997
Protection dates
1997/01/08 : inscrit MH
Type
tribunal, prison
Main period of construction
2e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1734, 1739
Architect or builder
QUERRET DU BOIS Jean (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Amour
Département
Jura
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.43560, 5.34173
Mérimée reference
PA39000028

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "La Franche Comte (southern sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Après l'installation d'une justice des gabelles en 1705 et en raison du mauvais état des prisons situées dans le château, un nouveau bâtiment est construit par Querret dans les années 1730-1734, puis repris de 1739 à 1741. Plan en grille ménageant deux cours ; salles d'audience à l'étage, prisons au rez-de-chaussée, cachots au sous-sol.

English translation

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After the installation of a gabelle court in 1705 and owing to the poor condition of the prisons situated in the château, a new building was constructed by Querret in the years 1730-1734, then taken up again from 1739 to 1741. Grid plan providing two courtyards; hearing rooms on the upper floor, prisons on the ground floor, dungeons in the basement.

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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