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The house of Guise, built in the 16th century, occupies a strategic location at the corner of the streets of the Citadelle and Poterne. Its architecture combines brick and stone, typical of the Renaissance, with curved stone-framed bays and an hors-oeuvre square staircase turret. The date of 1567, engraved in a cartridge of the stairway, probably marks its construction, while 1637 indicates subsequent changes, such as the resumption of the facades or the addition of a cochère door that has now disappeared.

The staircase turret, with a roof in the pavilion, preserves interior decorative elements and an alliance shield carved on its tympanum, testifying to its acquisition in 1708 by Jean-Baptiste Faureau de Vauléger and his wife Marie-Anne Carpeau. The property, including house, courtyard and common, extended to the door of the Poterno. It was passed on by inheritance to the Madrid family of Montaigle before being acquired in 1928 by the architect Jean-Marie Pierre Joseph Canonne, who handed over the main part of it in 1965.

Classified as a Historical Monument in 1998 for its facades, roofs and stair turret, this house illustrates the architectural and social evolution of Guise, between bourgeois habitat and successive transformations. The original interior arrangements have disappeared, but the berry frames, the fireplace decorated with Lombardy bands and the engraved dates recall its rich history, linked to noble families and local artisans.

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