Initial construction XIIe siècle (≈ 1250)
Building of the Romanesque house.
1637
Adding a balcony
Adding a balcony 1637 (≈ 1637)
Date engraved on a balcony.
XVIIe siècle
Recovery of the upper parts
Recovery of the upper parts XVIIe siècle (≈ 1750)
Attested architectural changes.
XIXe siècle
Window drilling
Window drilling XIXe siècle (≈ 1865)
Modernizing the façade.
1939
Registration historical monument
Registration historical monument 1939 (≈ 1939)
Protection of sculptures and columnette.
1999
Restoration and discovery
Restoration and discovery 1999 (≈ 1999)
Date engraved from the seventeenth century.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Sculptures adorning the first floor of the façade on street; columnette and capital located on the support of the third balcony of the facade on courtyard: inscription by order of 3 October 1939
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Origin and history
The Romanesque house of Nîmes is a Romanesque civil building located at 1 rue de la Madeleine, close to Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor Cathedral. Built in the 12th century, its exact origin remains uncertain: it could have served as a hotel dependent on a priory or a home for a rich bourgeois. Its architecture is distinguished by a stone façade, decorated with sculpted elements of exceptional quality, probably reused.
The Romanesque decoration on the first floor includes carved cornices representing d There are also columns surmounted by various patterns such as ram heads, eagles or monsters. The current windows, pierced in the 19th century, changed the original appearance, while the upper parts were taken over in the 17th century, as attested by an inscription dated discovered in 1999.
The house was listed as historical monuments in 1939 for its sculptures adorning the facade and a column with capital located in the courtyard. The latter, re-used on a 17th century balcony, testifies to the successive changes in the building. The clogged arcades and the displaced friezes allow to partially restore its original Romanesque elevation, marked by geminied berries.
In 1999, restorations revealed details of architectural covers, including a date engraved in the 17th century mortar. The interior courtyard has a series of four superimposed balconies, the first of which is dated 1637. These elements illustrate the evolution of the building through the centuries, mixing medieval heritage and later adaptations.
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