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Origin and history

The building located at 34 Arsène-Orillard Street in Poitiers is a building representative of 18th-century civil architecture. This monument, whose facades on street and garden, as well as the corresponding roofs, were included in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 11 December 1969, illustrates the city's urban heritage. Its style and preservation bear witness to the constructive techniques and aesthetic tastes of this period in Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

The location of the building in the centre of Poitiers reflects the gradual urbanization of the city in the Enlightenment century. At that time Poitiers, then in Poitou, was an intellectual and commercial crossroads, where such buildings often housed bourgeois families or wealthy artisans. These buildings played a central role in local social and economic life, serving as both residence, workplace and sometimes status symbols.

The available data, notably from the Merimée database and Monumentum, highlight the heritage value of this building, while indicating a location accuracy deemed "passable" (note 5/10). No additional information is provided on its current use, such as a possible opening to the public, a room rental or a transformation into guest rooms. Visual sources, such as Creative Commons licensed photographs, complement the documentation of this monument, but without providing additional historical or architectural details.

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