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The house located at 5 rue des Ours in Dambach-la-Ville is an emblematic building of Alsatian architectural heritage. Built in the 4th quarter of the 16th century, it bears the 1599 vintage engraved on a post of its yard, attesting to its late Renaissance origin. This building, typical of the half-timbered houses of the region, illustrates the local construction techniques of the period, mixing wood and torchi.

The house was listed as historic monuments by order of 21 April 1934, thereby recognizing its heritage value. The protection specifically concerns its facades and roof, characteristic elements of its architecture. An adjacent barn, dated 1704 thanks to a vintage on a sandstone, completes the whole, showing an extension or further transformation of the site.

Located in the department of Bas-Rhin, in the Grand Est region, this house is part of a historical context marked by the transition between Renaissance and modern times. Dambach-la-Ville, an Alsatian village, was then a rural place of life where wooden houses served both as housing, workshop and sometimes as storage for agricultural or artisanal activities. These buildings reflected the social status of their owners and the relative prosperity of the region, notably thanks to the wine trade, a major activity in Alsace since the Middle Ages.

Today, the house on 5 rue des Ours remains a tangible testimony of this past, with a precise location (code Insee 67084) and a historic address, formerly referenced as number 200 on the same street. Its conservation status and protection make it a point of interest for the study of traditional Alsatian habitat.

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