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The Salleton Hotel is an iconic building in Perigueux, Dordogne, built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is distinguished by its Renaissance architecture, with facades adorned with meneau windows and carved skylights. Located at the corner of Boulevard Georges Saumande and Avenue Daumesnil, it is part of all the houses of the Quais, in the preserved area of the city.

The hotel was built in the 16th century. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, it was acquired by the Broliodie family and sold in 1630 to the family of Salleton, which gave it its present name. Until the 1860s, access to the hotel could be made directly from the Isle River, before Imperial Highway 21 (now Georges Saumande Boulevard) was built. In 1938, its facades and roofs were listed as historical monuments.

The Hotel Salleton has remarkable architecture, with two perpendicular houses in Renaissance style. A terrace, a vestige of the medieval rampart protecting the bridge of Tournepiche, is located in the corner formed by these houses. In the back, a round road and mâchicoulis overlook the Rue du Port de Graule, a narrow alley. This building illustrates the urban evolution of Périgueux, mixing medieval heritage and Renaissance influences.

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