HOUSE ROUSSEL - TRIANON

The site houses the remains of a sugar factory built on the site of a former sugar dwelling dating from the late ^17th century. Its brick and ashlar chimney is listed as a Historic Monument. Its imposing ruined mill and stable are visible from the road. Between 1720 and 1740, the house belonged to Nicolas Bonhomme, a Creole from Marie-Galante. The cattle mill used to crush sugar cane was replaced by a windmill in 1800. The property was then taken over around 1860 by Victor Roussel, the last private owner of the Trianon dwelling. The decline of the sugar industry put an end to the site's activity in 1874, in favor of the Grande Anse factory, which remains in operation to this day on Marie-Galante (the only one on the island). Today, the site is owned by the Conseil départemental de la Guadeloupe. Several information panels explain the history of these remains.

The Roussel-Trianon dwelling was selected as part of the 2021 Heritage Lottery to safeguard heritage at risk. The site has been allocated a budget of €430,000 at the end of 2021, with a view to overall rehabilitation, with priority given to restoring the two buildings. The other remains (the sugar mill, the cattle pen, the stables, the vegetable garden and the aqueduct linking the mill to the factory) will also be restored over a 10-year period.