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The house in the 8th Market Square in Dambach-la-Ville is an emblematic building of the 3rd quarter of the 16th and 17th centuries. This building, now classified as a historical monument, bears the traces of its artisanal past with two engraved vintages: one on the ground floor door, difficult to read (1566, 1636 or 1656), and the other, dated 1666, on a window on the floor, accompanied by the initials BS and a baker's emblem (a pretzel). These evidences attest to its original use as a baker's house, a central activity in the Alsatian villages of the time.

The building was listed as historic monuments by order of 6 January 1930, thereby recognizing its heritage value. Today, the ground floor houses a room of the restaurant A la Vignette, testifying to a modern reassignment while maintaining traces of its history. The facade, a protected element, reflects the architectural styles of the construction periods, mixing Renaissance and Alsatian classical influences.

Dambach-la-Ville, located in the Bas-Rhin, was at that time a dynamic village in which the mouth trades, like the bakery, played a major economic and social role. The half-timbered or stone houses, often decorated with corporate symbols, served as a place of life, work and commerce. This monument thus illustrates the Alsatian vernacular heritage, marked by crafts and local traditions.

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