Habitation Le Galion

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The Habitation Le Galion or Grand Galion is a proven in 1770 by the family du Buc / Dubuc founded and according to an old field names called farm in the municipality of La Trinité in French overseas department of Martinique ( Antilles ). On August 23, 1991, the French Ministry of Culture classified the privately owned buildings of this typical Creole manor, which is representative of the cane sugar production in Martinique, as Monument historique and placed them under monument protection .

The Habitation Le Galion offers a good insight into the living conditions of the former landowners , and to a more modest extent also into those of the manager and the plantation workers . It can be viewed after prior registration.

history

The farmstead with the old cane sugar factory came into the possession of the Belgian merchant Eugen Eustache (1807-1883), who lived in Saint-Pierre , in 1853 . Co-owner and heir was his son-in-law Emile Bougenot (1838–1925), who played an important role in the Martinique economy as administrator of nine and shareholder of fifteen factories.

The Habitation Le Galion gave rise to the last still active cane sugar factory Martiniques , which was established on the neighboring Habitation Grands Fund , but opened in 1865 under the name Le Galion , and which also fills rum under this brand name .

architecture

The listed buildings and other elements of the estate are

  • the manor house (French: maison de maître ), of which it is not known whether Bougenot merely enlarged it in 1865 or had it completely renovated, including its enclosed front garden, backyard and five terraces;
  • belonging to the manor farm buildings and other elements such as the stone about 6 m high, arched, with a tympanum decorated called Gaschette - Portal (. mid-19th century), the Bougenot from 1893 acquired by him Habitation Gaschette was transported here, the kitchen , the fountain , the so-called "water hut" (French: case à eau ), in which the rainwater was collected, and the former cistern (French: citerne-temple hindou ), which was converted into a small Hindu temple for around 500 Indian plantation workers .
  • the remains of the old sugar factory, such as the house that was used until 1865 for the housekeeper or manager, also known as the “economist” (French maison du contre-maître or maison de l'économe ). The stables have also been preserved .

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