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The Pigeonier de la Garenne, located in Eymet in the Dordogne department, is a 18th century historical rural monument. This type of construction, typical of the agricultural estates of the time, was used to shelter and raise pigeons, an important food and symbolic resource for landowners or seigneurs. Its structure rests on four wooden poitrals laid on columns, supporting brick walls and wooden panels, entirely covered with crepi. The four-paned roof, covered with flat tiles, has a central opening protected by a mitre, allowing pigeons to enter and exit.

Access to the interior was via a hatch in the centre of the floor, accessible via a ladder. This dovecote, now extinct, reflected the local construction techniques and the social status of its owners, the dovecotes being often reserved for the aristocracy or the Earth bourgeoisie. Its utility architecture, combined with discreet decorative elements such as the protective mitre, made it a characteristic element of the 18th century Aquitaine rural landscape.

Available data indicate that its exact location at 70 Chemin de la Garenne is known with an accuracy considered "passable" (note 5/10). Although classified as a historical monument, its present state is referred to as "disappeared", without specifying the date or circumstances of its destruction. The sources, notably Monumentum and the Mérimée archives, confirm its membership of the commune of Eymet, in the former Aquitaine region, now integrated into the New Aquitaine.

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