The Maison carrée d'Arlac is a neoclassical

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building constructed between 1785 and 1789, in the town of

Mérignac Mérignac may refer to : ;Places * Mérignac, Charente, a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France * Mérignac, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France * Mérignac, Gironde, a commun ...

just outside

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, France. It was built for Bordeaux banker Charles Peixotto.

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