Propriété Camalon, Historic monument house in Saint-André, La Réunion.
Propriété Camalon is a single-storey white house with a gabled roof and a scalloped red trim line under the eaves, set on a low grey base. A central double door with glass panes is flanked by shuttered windows, reached by a grey concrete stairway with a white railing. The property, at 160 route de Champ Borne in Saint-André, also includes an entrance gate, an alley, an old kitchen, and remains of an aloe-processing factory.
The site reflects an industrial activity linked to rope manufacturing for maritime navigation during the 19th century, with the main house rebuilt after a previous structure was destroyed by a cyclone.
The property demonstrates traditional Reunionese expertise in aloe processing, a plant essential for maritime rope production, illustrating the social and economic organization of a historical local industrial sector.
Located at 160 rue du Champ-Borne, this private property requires access authorization and is currently in poor condition, needing restoration work to preserve its archaeological remains and historical structures.
The 1996 listing covers more than the house: it also protects the entrance gate, the driveway, the former kitchen, the ruins of the aloe-processing factory and the land plot holding archaeological remains. The address is 160, route de Champ Borne, on departmental road CD 4.
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