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Hotel de la Gicquelais is a private hotel located in the fortified city of Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Built during the second quarter of the seventeenth century, it illustrates the civil architecture of this period, marked by the influence of local aristocratic and merchant elites. Its location in the historic center of Saint-Malo, then major port of the maritime trade, reflects the prestige of its successive owners.

François-René de Chateaubriand, writer and politician emblematic of French romanticism, was born in this hotel on 4 September 1768. This link with a major figure in French literature gives the building an exceptional heritage dimension, reinforced by its classification as historical monuments on 23 March 1964. The building, now known as Chateaubriand's home, thus preserves the memory of an architectural and cultural heritage.

The 1964 classification protects the entire hotel (Cadastre AC 72), including its 17th century characteristic structural and decorative elements. Located at 3 rue de Chateaubriand, its very address pays tribute to the writer, stressing the symbolic importance of the place. Available sources, such as the Merimée or Monumentum base, confirm its status as a monument open to the visit, although the practical modalities (visits, events) are not detailed in the documents consulted.

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