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Marcel Aymé's family home in Villers-Robert is an emblematic building of the 2nd half of the 19th century, located in the village of Villers-Robert, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. This monument, classified among the Historical Monuments, consists of three main buildings: the house, the farm and a building housing an oven room. Its architecture reflects Burgundy's rural traditions, while integrating elements specific to the affluent habitat of the time, as evidenced by the facades and roofs protected by ministerial decree.

The preserved interiors, including the office room and kitchen of the house, offer an overview of bourgeois domestic life in the 19th century. These spaces, included in the additional inventory of Historical Monuments in 1990, illustrate the evolution of lifestyles in the Jurassian countryside, between agricultural heritage and the emergence of an easier social class. The precise location of the site, at the 14 Route de Séligney, confirms its anchoring in the local rural landscape, between tradition and modernity.

The partial inscription of the monument in 1990 allowed to preserve key elements of its architectural heritage, while stressing its link with the writer Marcel Aymé, although the source text does not specify the exact nature of this relationship. The house thus embodies a double heritage: that of a pivotal era for the French countryside, and that, more symbolic, of a major literary figure of the twentieth century. The accuracy of its location (noted 7/10 in the Merimée base) makes it easier today to identify and enhance its tourism.

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