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Origin and history

The former house of the consuls of Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, built in 1654, is part of an urban boom marked by the building of houses preserved since the 15th century. This building, backed by the northern ramparts, illustrates the civil architecture of the era with its sill windows and boss stones, as well as a gate framed with pilasters surmounted by an entablishment.

The village of Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts, surrounded by ramparts as early as 1405 under the permission of the Archbishop of Arles, developed around a network of ponds (Berre, Citis, du Po). The consuls' house, with its entrance hall and staircase, reflects the administrative and social importance of the place. Its facades and roofs, protected since 1993, bear witness to this preserved local history.

The construction of the house in 1654 coincided with a phase of demographic and economic growth, after a boom initiated at the end of the sixteenth century. Architectural elements, such as the frieze protected by a cornice, underline its status as a public building. Today, its address (21-23 impasse Pierre-Mathieu-Duquesnay) and its approximate location (22 Great Rue) make it a heritage landmark in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

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