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Hotel Viot is a private hotel located in the Old Towers at 8 Littré Street. Built or redesigned in the 18th century, it is representative of the civil architecture of this period, marked by the influence of bourgeois families linked to the silk industry. Its main façade, adorned with a cochère door in the middle of the hanger framed with pilasters, has a wrought iron imposte stamped with the monogram of the Viot family, highlighting their social and economic status.

The hotel was built or transformed by Antoine Roze, master silk worker, judge warden and king's attorney at the City Hall of Tours between 1722 and 1724, and his wife Charlotte Lambron. The building then passes to their daughter, Marie Anne Roze, wife of Nicolas Viot-Roze, merchant and great judge-consul. The Viot family, descendant of Viotti from Italy at the request of Louis XI, was a dynasty of influential silk manufacturers in Tours. Today, the hotel houses the House of the Companions of the Duty of Tours.

The Viot Hotel has been a historic monument since 8 July 1946 and is an example of the architectural and industrial heritage of Tours. Only the façade and the roof on street are protected by this inscription. The Viot monogram, still visible on the impost of the cochère door, recalls the close link between this place and the history of silk in Touraine, a major economic activity since the Middle Ages.

Available sources, including Wikipedia and Monumentum, confirm its historical importance and conservation status. Although the exact location is considered mediocre (accuracy note: 5/10), the official address remains the 8 rue Littré, in the Indre-et-Loire department. The building, owned by the municipality, is not explicitly mentioned as open to visit in the source texts.

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