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Origin and history

The house at 63 rue Saint-Michel in Pont-l'Évêque is a 16th-century civil building marked by the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in France. This monument illustrates the domestic architecture of this period, with stylistic features unique to the Normandy region, especially in the Calvados department. Its registration as a Historic Monument in 1931 underscores its heritage value, although the details of its occupants or its original function are not specified in the available sources.

Pont-l'Evêque, Calvados city in Lower Normandy (now Normandy), was in the Renaissance a dynamic center linked to trade and crafts. The houses of this period often reflected the growing prosperity of the bourgeois and local merchants. This type of building, with its protected facade and roof, demonstrates the importance attached to aesthetics and sustainability in the urban planning of the period. The location of this house in a central street suggests a role in the daily and economic life of the city.

The inscription by decree of 17 April 1931 specifically concerns the facade and the roof, architectural elements often put forward for their historical representativeness. No additional information is available on any later modifications or on characters related to this monument. The accuracy of its location is estimated as fair (note 5/10), indicating an approximate knowledge of its exact location.

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