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Haras à Blois dans le Loir-et-Cher

Loir-et-Cher

Haras

    62B Avenue du Maréchal Maunoury
    41000 Blois
Haras
Haras
Haras
Haras
Crédit photo : Especappy - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1806
Creation of the first stud
1874
Law Bocher
1878-1880
Construction of the current stud
1913
Hare peak
1992
Registration for historical monuments
2006
Final closure
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Façades and roofs of all the buildings consisting of: two guard pavilions, two housing buildings (long of the avenue du Maréchal Maunory), buildings of the Directorate and the Sub-Directorate and their outbuildings, two buildings housing the boxing stables, large stable formerly in stalls, infirmary, building of residence of the veterinarian, building of the saddlery and sheds, marshalry (cad

Key figures

Napoléon Ier - Emperor of the French Founded the first stud in 1806.
François-Pierre de Siresmes de La Ferrière - First Director Named in 1806 at the Carmelite convent.
Jules de La Morandière - Architect Designed the buildings between 1878 and 1880.
Pierre-Edmond Teisserenc de Bort - Minister of Agriculture Threat of displacement in 1876.
Charles-Valentin des Ormeaux - Director (1942-1955) Longer term at the head of the stud.

Origin and history

The national stud of Blois came into being in 1806, when Napoleon I ordered the creation of a storehouse in the former Carmelite convent on Rue du Sermon. This first site, dependent on the haras d'Arnac-Pompadour, hosts about twenty d ́étalons but falls in disrepair around 1840. After the defeat of 1870, the Bocher law required in 1874 to increase the strength to 110 horsepower, making the premises obsolete. A project to transfer to the old Capuchin cemetery failed in 1876, pushing Minister Teisserenc of Bort to threaten to move the stud out of the department.

Faced with this risk, the municipality of Blois proposed in 1878 a plot of land of 2 hectares on the current avenue Maunoury. The architect Jules de La Morandière built between 1878 and 1880 a monumental ensemble inspired by 19th-century farms, with stables, a saddlery and accommodation for staff. Inaugurated in 1880, the stud reached its peak in 1913 with 122 stallions and a hundred employees. Its buildings, characterized by a polychromy of bricks and stones, were listed as historical monuments in 1992.

Disused in 2006 after the transfer of horses to other studs (including Amboise), the site is sold in 2014 to a private investor. Between 1995 and 2005, it had hosted tourist tours, shows and festivals. The architecture, combining rural tradition and local influences, makes it a witness to the national studs of the Third Republic. The entrance pavilions had medallions representing percheron heads, a symbol of his equine activity.

The first director of the haras, Count François-Pierre de Siresmes de La Ferriere, was appointed in 1806. Later, Charles-Valentin des Ormeaux took over the leadership from 1942 to 1955, the longest period in this position. The ride, absent from the original project, will only be added in 1967 on an adjacent parcel. The Great Depression of the 1880s, however, limited the extent of the planned constructions.

The materials used — brick, stone, slate and apparent wood — reflect both the standards of the studs of the time and the architectural heritage of the country. The site, designed for 120 half-blood or percheron stallions, illustrates the restructuring of the national studs after 1870, marked by a desire to modernize and expand livestock capacity.

External links

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