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The hotel of Aubigny-sur-Nère, built around 1550-1560, stands out as one of the few stone buildings of the city, mostly built in wood by the Scottish lords. Located on the axis between Gien and Bourges, this monument illustrates the civil architecture of the Renaissance, with an hors-oeuvre polygonal staircase tower, supporting an upper bedroom probably intended for surveillance. The carved patterns of the corbellation and the turret bays, remodeled in the 19th century, bear witness to its stylistic evolution.

Inside, original elements remain despite the transformations of the eighteenth century: a stone fireplace decorated with leafy masks and pilasters, as well as a vaulted oratory with carved capes. These details reflect the luxury reserved for aristocratic or bourgeois mansions of the time. The courtyard also houses a well, while the interior layout, modified in the 18th century, retains traces of its original structure.

Ranked Historic Monument in 2006, the hotel includes in its wing protection in return on courtyard and well. Its history is part of that of Aubigny-sur-Nère, marked by Scottish influence and its role as a city stage on the commercial routes between Loire and Berry. The modifications of the 19th and 18th centuries (baths, crowning of the turret, interior layout) underline its adaptation to successive tastes, without altering its Renaissance character.

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