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The Hotel Acloque is a private hotel built in Amiens between 1878 and 1879 by local architect Charles Pinsard. In a neo-Louis XIII style, very popular in the residential architecture of the age, it is distinguished by its brick facades enhanced with cut stone. The corner, pilaster and bosses of the bays highlight its elegance, while a glass gallery connects the main body to the street, framed by two pavilions and a ironwork gate.

Interior has retained a large part of its original decorations, including remarkable windows. The entrance door has a neo-Renaissance glass window signed by the Amienese master glassmaker Leroy. The glass gallery, dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, features a stylish setting of nympheas, cabochons and cives, while the bathroom offers floral motifs engraved with sand. The living rooms mix neo-Rocaille and neo-Louis XVI decors, and the service rooms, such as the kitchen or the office, have preserved their authenticity.

Ranked Historic Monument by decree of 7 January 1999, the hotel illustrates the know-how of local craftsmen, architects and glassmakers. Its address, 33 rue Millevoye, makes it a major architectural testimony of the Amienese heritage of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, reflecting the taste of the era for the historical styles revisited.

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