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The House of the Governor of Montégut, also known as Maison La Salle, is a house of notable rural built in the seventeenth century. It is distinguished by its wood-pan structure and bellows, typical of the buildings of the period in the southwest. The building, organized on two levels served by a wooden staircase with crawling balusters, houses two main rooms. A high gallery adorns the south facade, adding a remarkable architectural element for a house of this period.

This house is representative of the habitat of the rural elites in the Landes in the seventeenth century, a region then marked by an agrarian economy and a society structured around the earth's nobility and local bourgeois. The adjacent outbuildings to the west, still visible, testify to its use both residential and agricultural. The house was listed as a historic monument in 2001, recognizing its heritage value.

Montégut, where this monument is located, is a bastide founded in the 14th century under the impulse of Guillaume de Montaigut, senechal of the Duchy of Aquitaine on behalf of Edward II of England. This historical context recalls the close links between this region and the Anglo-Aquitaine power, before its definitive integration into the Kingdom of France. The Governor's House is thus part of a territory marked by various political and architectural influences.

The village of Montégut, classified as a rural commune with scattered habitat, also preserves a 15th century church, highlighting the local heritage wealth. The Governor's House, with its architectural features and history, offers a valuable testimony on the lives of rural notables in the southwest during the Old Regime.

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