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The Hotel de Tinténac is a private hotel located in the Doutre district, north of Angers, near the former St. Lawrence cemetery. Built around 1500 for Jean de Tinténac, canon and then dean of the collegiate Saint-Martin, it initially consists of a main house body, a staircase tower and a wing in return on the courtyard. Its architecture mixes shale, tuft and Renaissance elements like cushions and an original fireplace preserved in the attic. The building dominates the urban landscape from Place du Tertre and Rue Malsou, where its facades and roofs (including a corbelled turret) were classified as historical monuments in 1984.

In the 17th century, the hotel expanded with a new body of houses on the street front (n°11) and rearrangements on the garden side, probably under Jean Gabory or Jacques Grandet de la Plesse, king's adviser. The Grandet family, owner for a century, marked the history of the place: Joseph, local historian and director of the major seminary, inherited the house on street in 1691, while his brother François, mayor of Angers, obtained the main body. The 18th century saw modernizations (lounges, lambars, gate) and repairs in 1776, before the bishopric and then a religious congregation made it an ecclesiastical property from 1825 to 1972.

Restorations from 1976 onwards (housework, posterior wing, fence wall) allowed to find original elements such as the 15th century gate. The ensemble retains traces of its residential and religious vocation: bread oven, covered passage, vaulted cellar, and rebuilt well. Today, the Hotel of Tinteniac illustrates the architectural evolution of Angelina, from medieval influences to classical amenities, in a neighborhood full of history.

The facades and roofs, including the turret overlooking Malsou Street, have been protected since 1984. The monument, although partially accessible, remains a testimony of the urban and social transformations of the Angers, from the 16th century canons to the 19th century congregations. Its U-shaped design, its local materials (schiste, tuffeau) and its interior decorations (pathways, ceilings) make it an outstanding example of a particular hotel in the Niger.

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