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Origin and history

The house at 10 rue du Pont in Pontivy is a historic monument built in the 4th quarter of the 16th century, as evidenced by the gate decorated with a pediment dated 1577. This building illustrates Renaissance civil architecture in Brittany, with a carefully designed stone façade. The ground floor is distinguished by a central gate framed with two large ground rectangular windows, while on the floor, two other identical windows are surmounted by a small axial opening. The roof, with two Renaissance windows, completes the elegance of this building.

The protection of this monument was formalized by a registration order of 20 March 1934, specifically covering the façade and roof. Although the exact address mentioned in the Merimée base is 10 rue du Pont, GPS coordinates suggest a close location at 14 rue du Pont in the municipality of Pontivy (Morbihan). This lag reflects the inaccuracies sometimes encountered in heritage databases, with an estimated location accuracy of 5/10 (passable).

No information is available on the current use of the building (visit, rental, accommodation), or on any historic owners or sponsors. Sources are limited to architectural and administrative descriptions, without details of the lives of the occupants or the socio-economic context of its construction. The building, however, remains a valuable testimony of Pontivy's urban planning at the end of the 16th century, a period marked by the influence of Renaissance styles in a region then under the domination of the Breton ducal, before its definitive attachment to France in 1532.

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