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The former provost of Issigeac, dated the 4th quarter of the 15th and 1st quarter of the 16th century, is part of the civil heritage of this perigord city. The monument, classified in 1946, consists of a house body framed by two retreating pavilions, supplemented by a dovecote on crows. Its tile roofs and baluster terrace reflect a typical 17th and 18th century architecture, although its original construction dates back to a previous period.

Issigeac, a medieval village structured around a Benedictine monastery dedicated to St Peter from the 7th century, became a dean dependent on the abbey of Sarlat. The secularization of the monastery in 1482, led by Bishop Pons de Salignac, marked a turning point: seven canons were installed there, and the reconstruction of the nearby church (Saint-Félicien) was undertaken. This ecclesiastical and administrative context explains the presence of buildings such as the provost, linked to local management.

The classification of the provost as a Historic Monument in 1946 underscores its heritage importance. Although the detailed sources on its precise use are lacking, its architecture (pavillons, dovecote, roofs) evokes a residential or administrative function, probably linked to episcopal or seigneurial power. Subsequent transformations (XVIIth-15th centuries) were able to adapt the building to changing needs, without fundamentally altering its original structure.

It should be noted that the provost is distinguished from the nearby Saint-Félicien church, which was classified in 2001, whose history is better documented. The two monuments, however, illustrate the evolution of Issigeac, marked by religious conflicts (wars of Religion) and successive reconstructions, in an area where late gothic approaches local perigordin influences.

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