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The house located at Georges-Clémenceau courtyard in Bordeaux is part of the architectural complex of Gambetta Square (former Dauphine Square), one of the city's major urban projects in the 18th century. This space, designed under the impulse of the intendant of Tourny around 1745, aimed to clean up and embellish Bordeaux by creating a rectangular square surrounded by buildings with the classic ordinance. Although the work was completed only between 1770 and 1780, the style of the first half of the century reflected that of the first half of the century, with harmonized facades and structured urban perspectives.

Gambetta Square, a point of convergence of the main Bordeaux routes, illustrates the desire to modernize the city under the Old Regime. The surrounding buildings, including this house, were erected according to strict rules to ensure an aesthetic unit. In 1927, the façade and roof of this building were included in the inventory of Historic Monuments, recognizing their heritage value. The Georges-Clémenceau course, a cross-sectional artery leading to the place, highlights the strategic importance of this crossroads in Bordeaux urban planning.

The intendant of Tourny, a key actor of this project, led an ambitious policy of beautification of Bordeaux, transforming land to the west of the old Dauphine and Dijeaux gates. This monument thus bears witness to a pivotal period when the city, which was then booming economically thanks to maritime commerce, acquired infrastructure adapted to its new status. The inscription of the Historical Monuments in 1927 devotes its role to local architectural history.

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