Carré Curial
Place François Mitterand, 73000 Chambéry
- Savoie
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The former Curial Barracks was rescued from demolition and rehabilitated in 1986 to accommodate a wide range of contemporary facilities with a cultural focus, as well as restaurants and nightclubs. The importance of this former barracks clearly shows the role of garrison town that Napoleon I intended to develop in 1804, because Chambéry was an obligatory point of passage for troops going to Italy or returning. In 1810, when the main building was completed, the future barracks had already cost more than one million francs, or five times more than the new installations at the castle to install the prefecture of the Mont-Blanc department! It rises on two floors and its high slate roof embellished with mansards gives it its balance and harmony. Each of the four main houses, lined with arcades on the courtyard, measures one hundred meters long. The upper floors are filled with very large galleries, where it was possible to add a large number of beds. The number of three thousand men that th
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Édifice militaire, enceinte urbaine & Lieu de spectacles, sports et loisirs
