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L'Harmas de J.-H. Fabre

Sérignan-du-Comtat, Vaucluse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'harmas, y compris le jardin, le portail d'entrée et les murs de clôture (cad. G 11, 12) : classement par arrêté du 26 janvier 1998
Protection dates
1998/01/26 : classé MH
Type
demeure
Main period of construction
19e siècle
Dates
1842
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public de l'État
Commune
Sérignan-du-Comtat
Département
Vaucluse
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
44.18762, 4.84024
Mérimée reference
PA84000007

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "122 Avignon, Orange." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

""L'Harmas (du terme provençal harme : terrain en friche) a été acheté par le naturaliste Jean-Henri Fabre en 1879. La maison avait été construite en 1842 pour le général de brigade César Hilarion de Dianoux. Elle est accompagnée d'un jardin enclos de murs. La maison et le jardin sont imprégnés de la personnalité du naturaliste, qui y vécut de 1877 à sa mort en 1915 et y écrivit la quasi totalité de ses " souvenirs entomologiques ".""

English translation

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The Harmas (from the Provençal term harme: fallow land) was purchased by the naturalist Jean-Henri Fabre in 1879. The house had been built in 1842 for the brigadier general César Hilarion de Dianoux. It is accompanied by a garden enclosed by walls. The house and garden are imbued with the personality of the naturalist, who lived there from 1877 until his death in 1915 and wrote almost all of his "entomological memories" there.

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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