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Richelieu : Home

Indre-et-Loire

Reference

PA00097955

Latitude

47.0116

Longitude

0.3243

Address

1 Rue des Écluses 37120 Richelieu

Protection date

1932/06/09 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Façade et toiture (cad. C 469) : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1932

Cardinal Richelieu made the decision to transform the village of his birth into a city, whose plans were developed by the castle architect, Jacques Lemercier. The city has regular development, including ditches, a surrounding wall, imposing doors, symmetrical streets and well -aligned houses.