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The Hôtel Gauthiot d'Ancier is a 16th century civil building located in Gray, in the department of Haute-Saône (70), in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region. This monument, inscribed in the city's urban fabric, bears the name of a local family, although the available sources do not specify its exact role in its construction or history. The official address recorded in the Mérimée base is 8 rue du Marché, although a GPS approximation is located at 12 rue des Terreaux. This shift illustrates the geolocalized uncertainties reported by the precision note (level 5: "passible").

The most remarkable element of this private hotel is its oratory dedicated to Saint-Pierre-Fourier, classified as Monument Historique by order of 24 May 1965. This oratory is located in a part of the building called "Tour Saint-Pierre-Fourrier", identified in the cadastre under Parcel H 893. The building is now owned by a private company, and its access to the public (visits, rental, accommodation) is not documented in the available sources. The Creative Commons license associated with a photograph of the monument (credit: Arnaud 25) suggests a local heritage interest, but accessible archives remain limited.

The data comes mainly from the Monumentum database and internal references related to the Merimée database. No information is available on original sponsors, architects, or subsequent major transformations. The Haute-Saône, in modern times, was marked by a rural economy and urban networks energized by river trade (via the Saône), a context in which this private hotel was probably a symbol of the prestige of an affluent family.

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