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Maison d'arrêt du Pré Pigeon

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Bâtiments en croix autour de la rotonde (les trois grandes ailes et la petite aile du bâtiment administratif) ainsi que la rotonde (cad. BP 169) : inscription par arrêté du 14 janvier 1997
Protection dates
1997/01/14 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
prison
Main period of construction
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1852
Architect or builder
LACHESE Ferdinand (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de l'État
Address
place Olivier-Girau
Commune
Angers
Département
Maine-et-Loire
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.47475, -0.54148
Mérimée reference
PA49000008

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1723 map "Le Duche D'Anjou." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Prison édifiée entre 1852 et 1855 sur le modèle officiel recommandé par le ministère de l'Intérieur en 1841. Plan de l'architecte départemental Lachèse : quatre bras en croix (trois cellulaires et un administratif) ancrés à un rond-point monumental.

English translation

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Prison built between 1852 and 1855 on the official model recommended by the Ministry of the Interior in 1841. Plan by departmental architect Lachèse: four arms in cross (three cellular and one administrative) anchored to a monumental roundabout.

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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