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Origin and history

The building of 22 and 24 rue Jean-Eudes is located in the old town centre of Caen, Calvados department, Normandy. It is in the immediate vicinity of the Banville Hotel and the site of the former Eudist Seminary, which is now extinct. This district, loti in the 17th century around the current square of the Republic, was a central place of the city, marked by a typical architecture of this period.

The street façade and the roof of the building were listed as historical monuments by order of 13 September 1960. This classification reflects the heritage importance of this building, built of Caen stone, an emblematic material of the region. The building is now owned by a private company, and its exact location is documented in the Merimée database under Insee 14118.

The building is associated with Caen's urban history, especially because of its proximity to the former Eudist seminary, transformed into a town hall after the French Revolution and then destroyed during the 1944 bombings. Although the building itself is not directly related to these events, it embodies the persistence of the Kenyan architectural heritage despite historical upheavals.

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