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Reference

PA00097991

Latitude

47.012705107887

Longitude

0.32349876864454

Address

8 Place du Marche 37120 Richelieu

Protection date

1932/06/09 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Façade et toiture : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1932

Description

Cardinal Richelieu chose to transform the village of his birth into a city whose plans were made by the castle architect, Jacques Lemercier. This city is distinguished by regular development, including ditches, surrounding walls, large doors, symmetrical streets and aligned houses.

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