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Heritage classified

Origin and history

The house located in Quimper, Brittany, is an 18th-century building. It is representative of the civil architecture of this period, with a characteristic facade in lattis crepasing. This type of construction reflects local techniques and materials available at the time in the region.

The house was partially classified as Historic Monument in 1956, more precisely for its facade on the street and the corresponding roof slope. This protection reflects its heritage interest, although information about its specific history or former occupants remains scarce in available sources. Its address, 2 place in the Beurre, the square in the heart of a historic district of Quimper.

In modern times, bourgeois houses like this often served as housing for wealthy families or prosperous artisans. In a city like Quimper, marked by its economic activity linked to faience and commerce, these buildings played a central role in urban life, housing both houses and sometimes workshops or shops on the ground floor.

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