First mention of the field 1314 (≈ 1314)
Domain cited in medieval archives.
1692–1696
Enlargement by Melchior Philibert
Enlargement by Melchior Philibert 1692–1696 (≈ 1694)
Conversion into a villa.
1701
Decoration by Daniel Sarrabat
Decoration by Daniel Sarrabat 1701 (≈ 1701)
Allegorical Fresques in the vestibule.
1875
Replacement of vines
Replacement of vines 1875 (≈ 1875)
Cherries planted after phylloxera.
14 février 1962
Classification of paintings
Classification of paintings 14 février 1962 (≈ 1962)
Protection of Sarrabat frescoes.
10 octobre 1980 et 13 novembre 2003
Registration
Registration 10 octobre 1980 et 13 novembre 2003 (≈ 2003)
Protection extended to all.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
The murals that decorate the billiard room (Box D 432): classification by decree of 14 February 1962 - The entrance gate; facades and roofs of the main building containing the living room and tank pavilion in the park as well as the remaining mechanism; the well with its pump; the ordered part of the park with its carved elements (cad. D2 431, 696, 698) : entry by order of 10 October 1980 - The Melchior Philibert property, including the walls surrounding the property in their original traces of the late seventeenth century, excluding the plot of the retirement home (Box AH 205 to 211, 272): inscription by order of 13 November 2003
Key figures
Melchior Philibert - Trade and finance
Sponsor of the expansion (1692–96).
Daniel Sarrabat - Decorative painter
Author of frescoes in 1701.
Origin and history
The so-called Melchior Philibert house, located in Charly (Rhône), is a house of fields typical of the Lyon aristocracy from the 17th to 18th centuries. Inspired by the Italian Renaissance villas, this estate was expanded between 1692 and 1696 by Melchior Philibert, a merchant and financier, to become his second residence. The main building, surrounded by an ordered park, opens onto a pleasant garden extended by treed aisles, one leading to a pavilion housing a vaulted tank and a pumping system.
The interiors were decorated in 1701 by the painter Daniel Sarrabat, especially in the vestibule where allegorical frescoes celebrate sciences, letters, commerce and financiers. These paintings, classified as Historic Monument in 1962, illustrate Philibert's social prestige. The estate, partially listed in 1980 and then as a whole in 2003, also retains carved elements, a well with pump, and a polygonal tower-shaped lookout. The history of the place reflects the influence of the Lyon elites, mixing art, commerce and hydraulic innovation.
Originally, the domain was mentioned in 1314, but it was under Melchior Philibert that it took its final form. In the 19th century, the vines, destroyed by phylloxera, were replaced by cherry trees in 1875. Today the communal property, the house bears witness to the age of secondary residences in Lyon, where architecture, nature and symbols of power intertwined.
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