Richelieu : Home
Indre-et-LoireReference
PA00098006
Latitude
47.015237530628
Longitude
0.32331781505116
Address
8 Place des Religieuses 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 has an ordered arrangement, including ditches, a surrounding wall, large doors, symmetrical streets and aligned houses.
