The architecture of the Villa du Département highlights a very important step in the history of the local habitat. It is a landmark confirming the transition between the Compagnie des Indes' style of the 18th century and the neoclassicism of the 19th century.
In 1793, the land at the corner of rue de Paris and rue Félix Guyon became the property of Jean-Baptiste De Lestrac, first mayor of Saint-Denis from 1790 to 1792...
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