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The 16th-century Hospital of Courville-sur-Eure is a notable historical monument for its integration of older architectural elements. Among these, a limestone door, carved and originally from the church of St. Nicholas, was preserved and classified by ministerial decree of 8 June 1920. This detail demonstrates common practices of reuse of decorative materials or elements from disused or remodeled religious buildings, frequent at that time.

The location of the hospital, Place Saint-Nicolas in Courville-sur-Eure (Eure-et-Loir), is attested by the Mérimée and Monumentum bases. The building, owned by the municipality, thus retains a tangible link with the local religious heritage, while illustrating the evolution of urban uses between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The accuracy of its geographical location is assessed as satisfactory a priori, with an additional address suggested by GPS coordinates (7 Rue Georges Fessard).

No information is available on the hospital's contemporary uses (visits, accommodation, or events), or on any historical characters associated with its foundation or transformation. The sources are limited to architectural and administrative descriptions, without detail on its social or medical role in the 16th century. The Creative Commons license for associated photographs (credit: Fabrice Bluszez) allows for a free distribution of the images of the monument.

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