A rare example of archaeological pastiche, the Villa François-Albert, built in 1900, occupies a narrow plot at the entrance to the town in the former sub-prefecture district.
Built by Eugène Marx for François Proal, associate director of Puerto de Liverpool in Mexico City, this imposing villa-castle with its brick and stone exterior is the only neo-Louis XIII historicist building constructed in the valley by the Marseille architect.
The villa is further distinguished by its particularly imposing and complex roof, which combines steeply pitched hipped roofs with pavilion roofs and pronounced eaves. The chimney stacks echo the brick and stone style of the building.
A series of pediment dormers and zinc bull's-eye windows complete the roof decoration, which is made of a new material distinctive of new constructions: Angers slate. Imported industrial slate now replaces locally quarried slate.
This emphasis on the treatment of the roof is a fundamental feature of the villa-château that appeared in the valley with Eugène Marx.
The villa is further distinguished by its particularly imposing and complex roof, which combines steeply pitched hipped roofs with pavilion roofs and pronounced eaves. The chimney stacks echo the brick and stone style of the building.
A series of pediment dormers and zinc bull's-eye windows complete the roof decoration, which is made of a new material distinctive of new constructions: Angers slate. Imported industrial slate now replaces locally quarried slate.
This emphasis on the treatment of the roof is a fundamental feature of the villa-château that appeared in the valley with Eugène Marx.
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