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The hotel located 7 rue des Cerisiers in Tours is a 16th century building, built around the 1540s. It consists of three buildings arranged perpendicularly, delimiting a small inner courtyard. The south wing has a wide corridor on the ground floor, surmounted by a single floor, while the north wing is marked by a cylindrical turret in corbellation, supported by a trunk decorated with a carved tromp. The west wing houses a wooden staircase occupying its northern third, characteristic of the buildings of that time.

The protected elements include the north, west and south facades, roofs and stairways, inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 24 May 1948. The architecture of the hotel reflects the techniques and style of the French Renaissance, with details such as the covered passage and the previous and later courtyards. The exact location, although specified in the Merimée base, appears to be approximated according to the available GPS coordinates, with an accuracy considered satisfactory a priori.

The hotel is an example of 16th-century urban planning and tourist home architecture, a period marked by economic and cultural growth in the region. Private hotels of that time often served as residences for local notables, combining residential and representative functions. Their preservation offers a tangible testimony to the social and architectural history of Tours, then integrated into the French royal domain.

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