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Origin and history

The house at 4 rue Duguesclin in Vitré is a historical monument built in the 14th and 15th centuries. This civilian building illustrates the medieval urban architecture of the region, with a facade on street and a roof characteristic of this period. Its listing in the Inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 11 June 1943 bears witness to its heritage value, although the precise details of its history and its occupants remain little documented in the available sources.

In Vitré, as in many Breton cities in the Middle Ages, the stone or wooden houses reflected the growing prosperity of the bourgeois and local artisans. These houses served both as housing, workshops and sometimes as a place of commerce, playing a central role in the economic and social life of the city. The protection of the façade and roof of this house underlines its importance as a material witness of this time, despite a geographical location deemed approximate (level 5 of 10 according to the available data).

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