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The house at 7 rue de la Monnaie in Toul is a civil building dating from the 1st quarter of the 17th century. It is distinguished by its characteristic architecture of this period, with a facade and a street cover protected by a decree of inscription under the title of Historical Monuments since 9 February 1939. This classification specifically concerns elements visible from the highway, reflecting the heritage importance of its external structure.

Toul, a city located in Meurthe-et-Moselle in the current Grand Est region (formerly Lorraine), was at that time a strategic and economic crossroads. The houses of this period often bear witness to the prosperity of fortified cities, where civil architecture developed in parallel with religious or military buildings. This house, by its inscription, illustrates the desire to preserve an urban heritage representative of the bourgeois or artisanal habitat of the early seventeenth century.

Available sources, including the Merimée and Monumentum base, specify that the exact address is 7 rue de la Monnaie (formerly 11), with an approximate GPS location at 4 rue de la Monnaie. The accuracy of this location is considered satisfactory a priori (note 6/10), and a photo licensed under Creative Commons (credit DEPRUN) is associated with the monument. No information is provided on its access to the public, its current purpose or any services offered (visits, accommodation).

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