🏛️ Lieu
Patrimoine & Culture
L'îlot de la Halle
📍 Bar-le-Duc, Meuse
· Place de la Halle, 55000 Bar-le-Duc
À propos
13th- 19th centuries
A place of trade, storage and production, benefiting from numerous privileges, the covered market was built under the reign of Count Thiébault II (1239-1291) to channel the town?s commercial flows. In the 16th century, the Duke regulated construction in order to harmonize the hitherto heterogeneous buildings. Stone buildings surrounded the covered market, with arcaded galleries opening onto a central courtyard. The current morphology of the block has hardly changed since the early 19th century, when a fire destroyed the galleries and buildings on the Rue des Ducs de Bar side.
The hall?s economic and commercial function was soon joined by its judicial function. Its role became so important that it eventually gave its name to the entire upper town. A fine Baroque residence, probably the hall porter?s house, bears witness to the importance of this place. The islet included the market hall, the old butchers? hall, stores and dwellings, as well as the auditorium or courthouse, a gallows for the execution of capital sentences, a belfry and a communal oven belonging to the lord, where residents were obliged to bake their bread.
Stone gradually replaced wood from 1542, when Duke Antoine authorized merchants to build around the covered market. The paved central courtyard was bordered by a series of arcaded galleries. Following a violent fire in 1788, the island was radically transformed. The hall now consists of a single gallery on the eastern side. In 1817, the complex underwent further modifications, notably the blocking of the arcades overlooking Place Saint-Pierre, traces of which are still visible. The economic heart of the city, the hall saw its economic monopoly challenged as the lower town developed. In 1821, it definitively lost its commercial vocation, and underwent several changes of use before being sold in lots to private individuals at the beginning of the 20th century.
A place of trade, storage and production, benefiting from numerous privileges, the covered market was built under the reign of Count Thiébault II (1239-1291) to channel the town?s commercial flows. In the 16th century, the Duke regulated construction in order to harmonize the hitherto heterogeneous buildings. Stone buildings surrounded the covered market, with arcaded galleries opening onto a central courtyard. The current morphology of the block has hardly changed since the early 19th century, when a fire destroyed the galleries and buildings on the Rue des Ducs de Bar side.
The hall?s economic and commercial function was soon joined by its judicial function. Its role became so important that it eventually gave its name to the entire upper town. A fine Baroque residence, probably the hall porter?s house, bears witness to the importance of this place. The islet included the market hall, the old butchers? hall, stores and dwellings, as well as the auditorium or courthouse, a gallows for the execution of capital sentences, a belfry and a communal oven belonging to the lord, where residents were obliged to bake their bread.
Stone gradually replaced wood from 1542, when Duke Antoine authorized merchants to build around the covered market. The paved central courtyard was bordered by a series of arcaded galleries. Following a violent fire in 1788, the island was radically transformed. The hall now consists of a single gallery on the eastern side. In 1817, the complex underwent further modifications, notably the blocking of the arcades overlooking Place Saint-Pierre, traces of which are still visible. The economic heart of the city, the hall saw its economic monopoly challenged as the lower town developed. In 1821, it definitively lost its commercial vocation, and underwent several changes of use before being sold in lots to private individuals at the beginning of the 20th century.
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