Construction of house XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Construction period attested by sources.
1964
Historical monument classification
Historical monument classification 1964 (≈ 1964)
Inscription of the stone engraved by arrest.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Stone with sealed inscription on the façade (Box AB 86): inscription by decree of 22 January 1964
Key figures
Jacques Sadargues - Beneficiaries
Free from charge by letters patent.
Origin and history
The house Fage is a 17th century house located in Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac, in the Gard. It is distinguished by a carved stone sealed on its facade, bearing a inscription in nine lines. This text, partially erased, mentions a royal edict granting Jacques Sadargues notable exemptions: consular charges, syndication, accommodation of warmen, and other civic or military obligations. The inscription, undated, attests to a rare privilege transcribed in the stone, usually preserved only in the archives.
This inscription reflects the tensions of the 16th and 17th centuries, where unfortified villages such as Arpaillargues, located on strategic axes (here, the old Montpellier road), had to house troops in transit. The "war people", often armed gangs, were dreaded for the burdens they placed on local populations. The stone, decorated with traces of a shield and a rinse, symbolizes a protected social status in a context of recurrent civil and religious conflicts.
Ranked a historic monument in 1964, the Fage House illustrates the period's domestic architecture, while offering a material testimony of the legal and social mechanisms of the Old Regime. The protected element is specifically the inscribed stone (cadastre AB 86), highlighting its heritage importance as well as historical. No information is available on its openness to the public or its contemporary uses.
