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The building located in 4 Franz-Liszt square and 29 rue des Petits-Hôtels, in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, is part of a coherent architectural complex built during the 2nd quarter of the 19th century. These buildings, raised on three floors with attices, border a star square dominated to the north by the Saint Vincent de Paul church, built between 1824 and 1844. Their facades, marked by cast-iron balconies, triangular pediments on the noble floor and corner bosses, illustrate the care given to the modenature and proportions, typical of the nascent Haussmannian urbanism. Despite the transformation of the ground floor into shops, the stylistic unit of the whole remains, reinforced by later added skylights.

Franz-Liszt Square, which is crossed by Lafayette Street and is open to the south by rue d-Hauteville, embodies a strategic urban development in pre-Hhaussmann Paris. The buildings between the streets of Abbéville and the Petits-Hôtels, with their roofs and facades inscribed in the Historical Monuments in 1998, reflect the evolution of bourgeois comfort standards. The architect Pellechet, mentioned in the sources, would have contributed to their design. The details in cast iron, the harmonious proportions and the sober decorations bear witness to a desire for functional elegance, characteristic of the residential constructions of this period.

The church of Saint Vincent de Paul, started by Lepère and completed by Hittorff, serves as a monumental landmark for this neighborhood in the midst of a change in the 19th century. Its three-tier staircase and neoclassical structure contrast with the surrounding urban fabric, mostly composed of relation buildings. The square, conceived as a visual and social crossroads, symbolizes the transformations of Paris under the July Monarchy, where the demographic and economic boom stimulates the construction of bourgeois dwellings. Subsequent heritage protections (1998) highlight the historical value of these facades, despite the commercial alterations on the ground floor.

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