Registration for Historic Monuments 13 septembre 2000 (≈ 2000)
Protection of facades, roofs, fountain and gardens.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The facades, the roofs, the staircase of the west wing, the two rooms with their decorations on the first floor of the central body of the house; the floor of the porch and courtyard, the composition of the fountain including staircase, water room, gallery and terrace wall; the garden (cf. AE 283, 298, 297): registration by order of 13 September 2000
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Origin and history
The so-called Samaritan estate, located in Lay-Saint-Christophe in the East, is a historical monument whose name is inspired by a central fountain representing Christ and the Samaritan. This fountain, exceptional in Lorraine by its iconography, dates from the first quarter of the seventeenth century. It is the flagship element of an architectural ensemble organized around a U-shaped dwelling, typical of this period.
The main buildings, built in the seventeenth century, precede a terraced garden built in the eighteenth century. On the upper floor of the central body, two rooms preserve painted decorations and 18th-century panelling, testimonies of the artistic evolution of the estate. The whole, including the facades, the roofs, the staircase of the west wing, the fountain with its water chamber and galleries, as well as the garden, was inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 13 September 2000.
The property illustrates a fusion between residential architecture and religious symbolism, rare in the region. Its porch, courtyard and hydraulic elements (saper, gallery, terrace wall) highlight an aesthetic and functional will, reflecting the taste of local elites for structured gardens and refined interior decorations in the Enlightenment century.
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