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The building of 15 Caponière Street, also known as the two arcade house, is a civilian building located in the Bourg-l-Abbé district of Caen (Calvados, Normandy). Dated mainly from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it could retain elements of the sixteenth century. Its ground floor would have housed shops, typical of the commercial routes of the time like the road of Brittany, on which it is located. The house escapes the urban alignment imposed in the 19th century, thus preserving its medieval layout.

The courtyard facades and corresponding roofs have been protected as historical monuments since 18 April 1973. The building combines typical materials of the region: Caen stone for walls and panels of wood for a wing, complemented by a corbelling tower on trunks. The restored skylights testify to subsequent interventions. The house thus illustrates the architectural evolution of the country between Renaissance and classical times, while marking the landscape of the Old Caen.

No historical character or sponsor is mentioned in available sources. The building is today referenced in the Mérimée and Monumentum bases, with a location deemed satisfactory a priori (level 6/10). Its official address, 15 rue Caponière, corresponds to cadastral data (parcelle BL 578) and verified GPS coordinates. The Creative Commons license applies to associated photographs, such as Karldupart.

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