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The hotel of Sainte-Catherine, located at 64 Losserand Street in Tours, is an emblematic building of the 15th century. This monument, registered with historical monuments since 1948, is distinguished by its architecture typical of medieval hotels. The main body, raised from one floor on a ground floor, has a facade decorated with mouldings, vegetal friezes and birds. A statuette of Sainte-Catherine, protected by a dais, crowns the right horn post, highlighting the religious and welcoming character of the establishment.

The structure also includes a secondary building opening onto an inner courtyard, connected to the main body by a structural gallery. A spiral staircase, housed in a polygonal tower made of wood and wood, serves the upper floors. The south and west facades, the roofs, and the gallery and stairway of the court form part of the elements protected by the 1948 registration order. The building thus illustrates the craftsmanship and constructive techniques of the period, while at the same time demonstrating the importance of hotels in medieval urban life.

The official address recorded at the Mérimée base (64 rue Losserand) differs slightly from the approximate GPS location (20 rue Rochemardon), perhaps reflecting toponymic adjustments over the centuries. This gap highlights the challenges of preserving heritage in an evolving urban fabric, while confirming the historic anchoring of the hotel industry in the centre of Tours, in Indre-et-Loire (Centre-Val de Loire region).

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