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Origin and history

The Mathelat monument is a funeral building located in Cemboing, in the department of Haute-Saône, in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region. Built in the mid-19th century, after 1846, it was designed to house the remains of several members of the Mathelat family. Its architecture, made of stone, is inspired by the neo-classical style, a popular current at the time for memorials or funerals. The alleged author could be architect Martin de Justsey, although this attribution remains uncertain in available sources.

The monument was listed as historic monuments by order of 9 July 1997, thereby recognizing its heritage value. It is now owned by the municipality of Cemboing. Its precise location, according to Merimée data, corresponds to the ZH 25 cadastre, near Adrien Mafioly Street. The sources mention a location accuracy deemed "a priori satisfactory" (note 6/10), without further details of its accessibility or current use (visits, events).

The historical context of its construction is part of a period when local bourgeois or notable families erected funeral monuments to affirm their social status. In Upper Saône, as in other French rural areas, these buildings often reflected the influence of national artistic currents (here, neo-classicism), while serving as memorial markers for local dynasties. The Mathelat monument thus illustrates this trend, although the available archives do not specify the exact motivations of its sponsor.

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