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The Hotel de Longuil is an emblematic building of Mortagne-au-Perche, in the department of l'Orne, Normandy. Built after the Hundred Years' War, it bears witness to a double architectural influence: a 15th century house body, marked by pre-reborn art, and an extension of the 17th century. Its entrance gate gives access to a low courtyard with framed windows in the late medieval style, while the high courtyard houses two separate buildings, including an octagonal turret.

Formerly owned by the Marquis de Longueuil, the hotel retains remarkable elements such as a Louis XVI lounge decorated with a cornice with medallions and floral garlands, although its woodwork has disappeared. The facades and roofs, as well as the gate, have been listed as historical monuments since August 11, 1975. Today, the building belongs to a private company and is located at the corner of the streets of General Leclerc and Comedy, in the heart of Mortagne-au-Perche.

The structure reflects the social and architectural evolutions of the region: at first a noble post-war house of One Hundred Years, it then illustrates the adaptation of the local elites to the classic canons of the seventeenth century. Its portal and terraced courses recall urban private hotels, while the octagonal turret evokes medieval seigneurial residences. The protection of 1975 underlines its heritage importance, despite partially altered interior arrangements.

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