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Heritage classified

Origin and history

The building at 23 Grande-Place in Arras is a monument whose façade was classified by ministerial decree on 5 January 1920. This classification makes it a protected element of the city's architectural heritage, although its exact construction and detailed history are not specified in the available sources. The building now belongs to a private company, which limits its public access.

Arras, the city of Pas-de-Calais in the Hauts-de-France region, has had an urban history marked by its commercial and strategic role since the Middle Ages. The buildings of the Great Place, like this one, often reflect the civil architecture of the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries, periods of reconstruction or beautification for the local bourgeoisie. These buildings served both housing, shops and symbols of prosperity in a vibrant city centre marked by trade and crafts.

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