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Origin and history

The house at 6 Rue Saint-Sauveur in Rennes is a typical example of wood-paned architecture, characteristic of old urban buildings in Brittany. This type of building, often dated between the Middle Ages and the early modern era, illustrates local construction techniques and the use of available materials such as wood and torchi. These houses, frequent in historic city centres, were generally used as dwellings for the artisans, merchants or bourgeois families of the time.

The listing of this house in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 4 July 1942 underlines its heritage importance. In Rennes, as in other Breton cities, wood-paned houses reflect a period when urban planning was marked by a high density and a social organization centred around trades and commerce. These buildings, often narrow and deep, were suitable for medieval urban plots and offered flexibility of use, which could be used as housing, workshop or shop.

Their preservation makes it possible today to understand the evolution of lifestyles and constructive techniques in Brittany.

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