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The Hotel de Clausonnette is a mansion built in the 17th century in Beaucaire, in the present Occitanie region. This historic monument consists of a main building flanked by two wings, delineating an inner courtyard closed by a covered porch on the terrace, accessible at the height of the first floor. The facade on the street, marked by prominent pedestals at the corners and in central span, highlights a cochère door surmounted by a balcony, today deprived of its original ironwork. The central window of the balcony, framed with pedestals and a curvilinear pediment, has a bas-relief representing lying Mars, while the keys of the other windows are decorated with various heads or patterns.

The gargoyle cornice that once ran the ensemble was removed and sold, as was a bas-relief decorating the main pediment. These missing elements bear witness to the transformation of the monument over the centuries. The hotel was partially protected by a decree of 27 February 1946, covering the facades on street and courtyard, the roofs and the entrance hall, thus underlining its heritage importance.

The exact address of the hotel, 21 rue de la République in Beaucaire, confirms its anchoring in the city centre. The monument illustrates the prestigious civil architecture of the seventeenth century, when Beaucaire, then under the influence of Languedoc, enjoyed a strategic position between Nîmes and the Mediterranean. Private hotels of that time often reflected the high social status of their owners, although the source text does not specify the identity of the sponsors or historical occupants of the Hotel de Clausonnette.

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