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The house at 13 rue de la Première-Armée-Française in Ensisheim (Haut-Rhin) is an emblematic Alsatian heritage building. Built in the 1st quarter of the 16th century, it is distinguished by its Renaissance civil architecture, marked by remarkable decorative elements. The balcony, decorated with the city's weapons, two busts of Habsburg emperors and a rosette, bears witness to the symbolic importance of the building in local history. The entrance door, restored in 1859 by Schmidt, bears a commemorative inscription of this intervention.

Ranked a historic monument since 15 February 1935, the protection specifically concerns the entrance door and the balcony, elements considered representative of its heritage interest. The building illustrates the constructive and artistic techniques of the first half of the sixteenth century in Alsace, a region then under the influence of the Habsburgs. Its location on the former Grand-Rue (now Rue de la Première-Armée-Française) highlights its role in the medieval and reborn urban fabric of Ensisheim, the strategic city of Haut-Rhin.

Available sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) mention an approximate location (estimated at 5/10), without details of its current use (visit, rental, etc.). The building remains a characteristic example of Alsatian civil architecture, combining residential functions and symbols of local power. Its state of conservation and successive restorations reflect the challenges of heritage preservation in the East.

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