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Origin and history

The house located 14 Place du Châtelet in Orléans is a historic monument dating from the 1st quarter of the 16th century. It is distinguished by its facade on courtyard, classified by ministerial decree in 1926, which shows its architectural importance for this period. Its location in the heart of Orleans, in the Loiret department, makes it a representative example of the urban habitat of the French Renaissance in this region.

In the Renaissance, Orléans was a dynamic city, marked by its commercial and intellectual role. The bourgeois houses of that time often reflected the prosperity of their owners, with decorated facades and interior courtyards organizing the domestic space. This type of building illustrates the evolution of constructive techniques and aesthetic tastes between the Middle Ages and the modern era, in a region then influenced by artistic currents from Italy and the Court of France.

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