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Ziegler House is a historic monument located in Séletat, Lower Rhine, in the Grand East. Built in the first half of the 16th century, it represents a remarkable example of the bourgeois architecture of the Alsatian Renaissance. His oriel, carved of pilasters and medallions, was added in 1545, while the main construction was completed in 1538, as indicated by inscriptions in German gothic and Latin. The house was embellished for Stéphane Ziegler, architect of the city, and his wife Anna Romer, with an iconographic program probably inspired by humanist Beatus Rhenanus.

In the 18th century, the house underwent major changes: the windows and exterior doors were modified, a carved wooden staircase was installed, and the windows of the body of passage were enlarged. Two additional houses were also built during this period. The yard's operating buildings disappeared before the modern inventory. The facade on street with its oriel, as well as the facade on courtyard with its stair turret, were inscribed in historical monuments by order of 5 April 1930.

The oriel, an emblematic element of the house, was decorated with 14 medallions representing architects, artists and scholars of antiquity, such as Vitruve. These sculptures were damaged during the Revolution. The cochère door, probably dating back to the second quarter of the 16th century, carries a crowned shield that could be Ziegler's mark. The house combines elements of crepy masonry, cradle vaults, and a long-paned roof, reflecting the architectural evolutions of its time.

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