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The Bastide Flotte de la Buzine is a house built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century in the 6th arrondissement of Marseille. This type of bastide illustrates the architecture of the Marseille country houses of the period, with a main house, wings of commons, and pleasant gardens. In 1811, the estate was described with its fountains, statues, and three entrances, reflecting the prestige of the owners of the period. The bastide still retains remarkable decorative elements, such as gypsumseries of the 1760s adorning an old dining room, as well as its original facade and interior distribution.

The monument is inscribed in the Monuments Historiques by order of 3 January 2013, thus protecting the bastide in total, its facades, roofs, and the remains of its gardens (transformed into recreation). These gardens were once accessible by two iron gates, still visible. The Bastide has been home to a private school from the Cours Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, while remaining the property of an association. Its state of conservation makes it a rare testimony of the art of living of the Marseille elites in the Enlightenment century.

The location of the bastide, at 23 rue Dieudé (formerly Dieudé), in a neighborhood today urban, contrasts with its origin as a country house. The sources mention a "passible" geographical precision (level 5/10), highlighting the changes in the surrounding landscape since the 18th century. The protected elements also include the ironwork gates of portals, typical of the artisanal work of the period.

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