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Richelieu : Home

Indre-et-Loire

Reference

PA00097974

Latitude

47.014668490571

Longitude

0.32386126692969

Address

19 Grande Rue 37120 Richelieu

Protection date

1932/06/09 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Façade et toiture : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1932

Cardinal Richelieu chose to transform the village of his birth into a city, with a plan developed by the castle architect, Jacques Lemercier. This city has a regular arrangement, including ditches, a surrounding wall, imposing doors, symmetrical streets and well -aligned houses.