Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Cinéma "Castillet"
Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façades et toitures, y compris la marquise qui couvre l'entrée (boulevard Wilson) (cad. AC 227) : inscription par arrêté du 18 mars 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/03/18 : inscrit MH partiellement
- Type
- cinéma
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1911
- Architect or builder
- Montes Eugène (architecte), Guenot Alexandre (sculpteur)
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Address
- Wilson (boulevard)
- Commune
- Perpignan
- Département
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.70116, 2.89436
- Mérimée reference
- PA66000004
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "59 Perpignan." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Un des plus anciens cinémas de France, construit en 1911 pour Jean Font par l'architecte Eugène Montès et décoré par le sculpteur Alexandre Guénot. Sa conception s'inspire de l'architecture théâtrale du 19e siècle, en y incorporant quelques éléments Art Nouveau. Il a été conçu dès l'origine pour être un cinéma. Salle modifiée en 1953 par l'architecte Scob.
English translation
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History
One of the oldest cinemas in France, built in 1911 for Jean Font by the architect Eugène Montès and decorated by the sculptor Alexandre Guénot. Its design is inspired by 19th-century theatrical architecture, incorporating some Art Nouveau elements. It was conceived from the outset to be a cinema. Auditorium modified in 1953 by the architect Scob.
Nearby in the register
- Castillet, Grand-Castillet, porte Notre-Dame ou Petit-Castilletchâteauunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.