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The building at 31 rue des Bons-Enfants in Rouen is an emblematic 17th century building. This monument, whose location is considered satisfactory a priori, is distinguished by its architecture characteristic of this period, with a facade on street and a roof inscribed in the inventory of Historical Monuments since 1962. No additional information on its history or occupants is available from the sources consulted.

The protection of this building, formalized by a decree of 5 March 1962, relates specifically to its façade and roof. These architectural elements reflect the techniques and styles in vogue in the 17th century in Normandy, a region marked at that time by urban and commercial dynamism, notably in Rouen, a major port city. The partial classification suggests a desire to preserve details representative of the bourgeois or artisanal habitat of the time, without the sources specifying its original use or subsequent transformations.

Available data, mainly from the Merimée database and Monumentum, do not provide information on owners, architects or historical events related to this building. Its exact address, confirmed by GPS coordinates and administrative records, however, makes it a tangible witness to the Rouenese heritage, in a district whose name — rue des Bons-Enfants — may evoke an old religious or educational institution, although this hypothesis is not documented.

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