Le Belvédère
② Le Belvédère, private property.
This residence is a strange copy of the Château de Bagatelle (in the Bois de Boulogne, west of Paris).
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To go to stage ③ → A limited yards further on your left, you will find the Sociocultural Center. Continue to the left towards rue des Regains where you will be in front of the Lescuyer building, currently part of the site of the former foundry. |
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This listed mansion was built during the first half of the nineteenth century in a mainly undeveloped area, called Prés St Louis, comprising principally vegetable gardens.
The main entrance opens on what was then called Rue des Fossés built on the former moats along the city’s west walls.
© Photos : Dominique Guillemot
In 1830, Auguste Marcel, a tax collector, brought in a Parisian architect Eugene Fanost to build this mansion, a copy of the château de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. It is a folly with a perfectly symmetrical plan.
The ground floor is built around a majestic semi circular staircase. Symmetry, clearly defined volumes, harmony of proportions and the neo classical elements are the main characteristics of this building. The dome is covered with zinc and topped by a belvedere which gives the name of the house.
© Photos : Dominique Guillemot
