Montpellier : Former Hotel de Belleval, also known as Richer de Belleval or Boulhaco, or old town hall
HéraultReference
PA00103551
Latitude
43.611843208495
Longitude
3.8749812644954
Address
2 Place de la Canourgue 34000 Montpellier
Construction era
4e quart 17e siècle;2e moitié 18e siècle
Protection date
1950/08/18 : inscrit MH ; 2015/04/13 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
Façades et couvertures sur la place de la Canourgue, les rues du Vestiaire, du Puits-des-Esquilles-de-Saint-Pierre ; décoration de la salle au rez-de-chaussée ; décoration de l'ancienne salle des mariages au premier étage : inscription par arrêté du 18 août 1950 - Totalité de l'hôtel figurant au cadastre n°137 : inscription par arrêté du 13 avril 2015
Description
In the 15th century, the little Canourgue was made up of an orchard as well as two homes: the Canourgue, which served as a presbytery, and the Tinal, or a cellar of profit. In the 17th century (between 1669 and 1682), the owner merged the two houses into a single large structure. This building corresponds to the town hall section which faces the place. The facade is decorated with a portal framed by naked pilasters, with molded capitals, a frieze and an entablature. The upper impostor is divided into two by a fluted vertical pilaster and is embellished with two octagonal paintings, resting on a large sculpted sausage. Seven of the windows on the first floor are French windows, all connected by a large balcony supported by consoles carved in the shape of acanthesis. In the central section, this balcony has a more pronounced, solidly fixed projection, and is supported by two terms dressed in tissues tied in spiral folds. All openings on the first floor are covered by a rectilinear entablature decorated with modillions. The upper cornice is embellished with lions' masks and heads. At the beginning of the 18th century, the marriage of Gaspard de Belleval with Elisabeth de Fressieux brought him in the dowry of the adjacent houses which made it possible to enlarge the hotel at the back. After the revolution, the city rented the hotel to set up its offices, then in 1816, it acquired the building. In 1827, twelve columns on the ground floor were added to strengthen the structure. Inside, a cradle room in the cradle presents, in the center and at the top of the vault, a large painting in a setting formed by a square and four arcs, representing an assumption or a triumph of the Virgin. This framework is surrounded by stucco garlands held by angels. At the births of the vault, two fresco paintings are still present. In the angles, there are reasons in bas-relief. On the first floor, the old wedding hall is decorated with walls adorned with gypsums and Louis XV style leaves.
