Palais de l'Isle
The Palais de l'Isle , also spelled Palais de l'Île , is a permanent house in Annecy, France, and is located in the middle of the Thiou River . The building is connected to both banks of the river by two pedestrian bridges. The Palais de l'Isle is popularly known as “Les Vieilles Prisons” (German: The old prisons). It houses a local history museum and the “Center d'Interprétation de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine” (CIAP).
Description and structure
The heart of the Palais is the tower house , which dates from the late 12th or early 13th century. It is built from uniform masonry associations . The former courtroom is located on the first floor of the house , with two more floors above it. The house has two inner courtyards: a larger one in the middle of the island and a smaller, tree-covered one in the east of the island, which separates the main building from a triangular chapel . The former prison cells are located in the south of the island.
The Palais de l'Isle is only 100 meters from Annecy Castle .
history
The building was built in 1132 and was the main residence of the Seigneur d'Annecy (German: Lord of Annecy) in the early 12th century . Later it was the headquarters of the administration of the county of Geneva , whose capital Annecy was from 1213 to 1320. The Palais de l'Isle was later used as a courthouse and as a prison until the French Revolution . The courtroom and cells as well as the former chapel can still be visited today. From the Middle Ages until 1865 the building served as a mint . This operation was briefly resumed during the Second World War .
On February 16, 1900, the Palais de l'Isle was registered as a Monument historique . It was restored after the Second World War and is now owned by the municipality of Annecy.
literature
- Christian Regat, François Aubert: Châteaux de Haute-Savoie. Chablais, Faucigny, Genevois . Editions Cabédita, Yens 1994, ISBN 2-88295-117-5 , pp. 18-20.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 53 '54.9 " N , 6 ° 7' 36.6" E