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The Domaine de la Garde, located in Porte des Pierres Dorées (Comune of Jarnioux, Rhone), is an architectural complex of the 16th and 17th centuries. The master house, an elongated building typical of this period, houses two lounges vaulted with ridges on the ground floor, decorated with murals. These pictorial decorations also extend to other rooms, although in a less dense way. The building was extended to the west by an imposing cuvée, covered with a unique structure without a central pole, showing bold construction techniques for the time.

At the east end of the terrace, a disused chapel bears the date of 1721, adding a religious dimension to the estate. The adjoining buildings, organized in terraces against the hill, include three winegrowers' houses and agricultural outbuildings. These structures illustrate the region's historical wine-growing activity. To the west, other operating buildings complete the whole, emphasizing the polyfunctional character of the estate, both seigneurial residence and place of production.

Ranked Historic Monument by decree of 6 September 2005, the estate protects its facades, roofs, terraces, as well as the interior of the main house. The accuracy of its location is considered satisfactory (level 6/10), and the site remains a private property. Its architecture thus combines residential, agricultural and religious elements, reflecting the social and economic organization of the Lyon countryside in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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