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The Anneville du Vast hotel is a private hotel built in the middle of the 18th century in Valognes, in the Manche department. It is distinguished by its elegant limestone facade, consisting of five spans and two levels, as well as its attic with skylights. Inside, the building retains its original distribution, with 17th and 18th century architectural elements, such as a local stone staircase and Louis XV style woodwork.

The history of the hotel began in 1725, when Pierre Bourdet, a bourgeois of Valognes, acquired a modest house on the current site. He undertook transformations until his death in 1738. In 1771, Marguerite de Camprond bought the building, enlarged it by buying a nearby house, and then passed it on to her brother-in-law's family, who gave her her current name. The hotel became an emblematic place for local social life between 1843 and 1915, and even inspired characters from Jules Barbey's novel Le Chevalier des Touches d'Aurevilly.

Ranked a historic monument in 2012, the Hotel Anneville du Vast is an architectural and cultural testimony of the Norman bourgeoisie of the eighteenth century. Its facade on street, very worked, contrasts with its rear facade in rubble, more sober. The reception rooms, with their parquet floors, fireplaces and woodwork of the Louis XV period, illustrate the refinement of the period. The building remains today a symbol of local heritage, preserved in its original configuration.

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