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The house located at 11 rue de l'Ancien-Palais in Moulins (Allier) is an emblematic building of the 15th and 16th centuries. Its main façade is distinguished by a very slender gable, corbelled floors and wooden panels, contrasting with a stone ground floor. The latter seems to have been redesigned in the sixteenth century, incorporating pilasters, a cornice and an adorned frieze, reflecting a stylistic evolution between the two periods.

The house has been partially classified as historical monuments since 22 February 1927, a recognition that specifically concerns its facade. This type of construction, typical of bourgeois civil architecture of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, illustrates the know-how of local artisans and the urban development of Moulins, then capital of the Dukes of Bourbon.

The building is part of a historical context marked by the transition from medieval to Renaissance times. Moulins, a prosperous city thanks to its political and commercial role, sees the development of an architecture combining Gothic traditions (woodpans) and classical influences (pilasters). These bourgeois houses bear witness to the wealth of local elites and their desire to display a social status through worked facades.

Today, the house remains a preserved example of this heritage, although its current use (housing, visiting or otherwise) is not specified in the available sources. Its exact address, confirmed by the Mérimée base, makes it a point of interest for lovers of history and architecture in the centre of Moulins.

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