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The house at 9 rue Roquecurbe in Beaucaire, in the Gard, is a 16th-century civil building. It is distinguished by a remarkable architectural element: an oval-shaped egg-eye, surrounded by a row of pearls and framed by two broad leaves of acanthe. This ornament, typical of the Renaissance, is surmounted by a small console supporting a pot-to-flower, adding a decorative touch to the facade.

Classified as a Historic Monument, this house owes its protection to its egg-eye, inscribed by ministerial decree on October 12, 1946. This architectural detail illustrates the influence of ancient motifs, such as dacanthe leaves, reinterpreted during the Renaissance. Although the sources do not specify its original use, this type of house reflects the evolution of urban dwellings in Beaucaire, a strategic city between Languedoc and Provence at that time.

The location of the house, in a street in the historic centre of Beaucaire, suggests its integration into an urban fabric marked by trade and river exchanges, the city being a crossroads between the Rhône and the Mediterranean. The sculpted decorations, like that of this facade, often reflected the social status of their owners, although the available archives did not identify them.

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