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Les sculptures dont la demeure est orn\u00e9e presque \u00e0 profusion sont les plus d\u00e9licatement ex\u00e9cut\u00e9es, les plus vari\u00e9es dans leurs sujets et certainement les plus int\u00e9ressantes de tous (Charles Portal, historiographe de Cordes). Sa fa\u00e7ade regroupe 17 statues en bas-reliefs, haut relief et rondes-bosses, (pas des \u00ab gargouilles \u00bb), repr\u00e9sentant des animaux (cheval, lion, taureau, chien), des chim\u00e8res et des hybrides (dont un alchimiste et une croqueuse de pommes).
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Les baies g\u00e9min\u00e9es en ogive sont aussi tr\u00e8s finement orn\u00e9es de petits animaux accroupis ou rampant et de feuillages dans le fond des gorges bordant les petites arcades. Le cheval du haut est \u00e0 l\u2019origine du nom donn\u00e9 par Prosper M\u00e9rim\u00e9e<\/b> lorsqu\u2019il a red\u00e9couvert la cit\u00e9 de Cordes au d\u00e9but du XIX \u00e8me si\u00e8cle. 
Le Grand \u00c9cuyer est class\u00e9 monument historique depuis 1907. Il participe au renouveau de Cordes-sur-Ciel dans les ann\u00e9es 50 sous la direction avis\u00e9e de M. et Mme Cavali\u00e9 puis du couple Van Ack\u00e8re et les conseils judicieux de Claire Targuebayre. Il accueille de nombreuses personnalit\u00e9s dont le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de Gaulle, G.Pompidou, et  Albert Camus qui y loge un mois avec Maria Casar\u00e8s en 1957. Camus avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9crit : \u00ab Car c’est<\/em> bien l\u00e0 ce qui fait l’enchantement de Cordes :<\/em> tout est beau m\u00eame le regret \u00bb.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dominant de plus de cent m\u00e8tres les vall\u00e9es du C\u00e9rou et de son affluent l’Aurosse, un piton rocheux se dresse sur le ciel, en s’\u00e9tirant d’est en ouest : le puech de Mordagne, couronn\u00e9 de falaises de calcaire blanc.<\/p>

Son site exceptionnel, son h\u00e9ritage architectural remarquable en font une des villes m\u00e9di\u00e9vales les plus significatives de France et un des hauts lieux du patrimoine europ\u00e9en. Son cadre de vie, d\u2019une rare authenticit\u00e9, a su attirer et retenir artistes et artisans qui trouvent l\u00e0 leur inspiration.<\/p>

Les maisons gothiques qui bordent l\u2019axe principal, la Grand Rue Raymond VII, constituent un ensemble exceptionnel en France. Gr\u00e2ce au commerce du cuir et du drap pratiqu\u00e9 avec l\u2019Espagne et l\u2019Italie, les marchands enrichis font construire d\u00e8s la fin du XIII\u00e8me si\u00e8cle de somptueuses maisons richement d\u00e9cor\u00e9es.
Les \u00e9tages \u00e9taient r\u00e9serv\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019habitation des propri\u00e9taires. Les arcades du rez de chauss\u00e9e avaient un r\u00f4le fonctionnel. L\u2019une d\u2019entre elles donnait acc\u00e8s aux \u00e9tages, les autres s\u2019ouvraient sur des boutiques, des entrep\u00f4ts, des ateliers.<\/p>

Les belles fa\u00e7ades ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9difi\u00e9es selon un grand appareillage de pierres de gr\u00e9s soigneusement taill\u00e9es et assembl\u00e9es, leur donnant une allure monumentale, riche et raffin\u00e9e. Les fa\u00e7ades gothiques permettent de constater, juste en les observant, l\u2019\u00e9volution technique de cette architecture \u00e0 partir du primitif (XIIIe si\u00e8cle), jusqu\u2019au rayonnant (XVIe si\u00e8cle) puis, faisant l\u2019annonce du flamboyant (XVe si\u00e8cle) par la repr\u00e9sentation d\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ments avant-gardistes de ce qui sera l\u2019ultime \u00e9tape dans l\u2019\u00e9volution du gothique et que l\u2019on nommera le flamboyant. On distingue trois palais particuli\u00e8rement significatifs : la Maison Prunet, la Maison du Grand Fauconnier, la Maison du Grand Veneur et la Maison du Grand Ecuyer.<\/p>

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A propos Les sculptures dont la demeure est orn\u00e9e presque \u00e0 profusion sont les plus d\u00e9licatement ex\u00e9cut\u00e9es, les plus vari\u00e9es dans leurs sujets et certainement les plus int\u00e9ressantes de tous (Charles Portal, historiographe de Cordes). 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