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Richelieu : Home

Indre-et-Loire

Reference

PA00098013

Latitude

47.015335498093

Longitude

0.32425830624591

Address

11 Place des Religieuses 37120 Richelieu

Protection date

1932/06/09 : inscrit MH

Protection cause

Façade et toiture : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1932

The Cardinal de Richelieu made the decision to convert the village of his birth into a city, with plans designed by Jacques Lemercier, the architect of the castle. The city displays an ordered plan, including ditches, a surrounding wall, imposing doors, symmetrical streets and well -aligned houses.