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Fine arts > Architecture > Civil architecture > Octrois, architecture

Preferred term

Octrois, architecture  

Definition

  • Structures at which a local toll or duty was collected, originally by towns and cities, later by monarchs, on certain goods that passed into their territories for local consumption by the inhabitants [AAT 94, alt.]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CUSTOMS HOUSES, OCTROIS
  • DUTY HOUSES, OCTROIS
  • TARIFF HOUSES, OCTROIS
  • TOLLHOUSES, OCTROIS

Notation

  • 111622

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KDRKH0LC-K

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