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Origin and history

The houses in Limoges, dated the 14th century, were residential buildings incorporating shops on the ground floor. They were in the immediate vicinity of the city walls, near the Scutari Gate, forming two separate buildings. Their architecture combined elements of stone and wood, with windows pierced on the second floor and a shop accessible under a large broken arch. These houses represented a typical example of medieval urban planning, where housing and commerce coexisted in the same space.

These houses were destroyed between 1966 and 1967, resulting in their being removed from the list of historical monuments. Their disappearance marks a loss for the limougeaud architectural heritage, particularly for the study of 14th century civil buildings. Their location at 3 and 5 rue de la Cité was strategic, bordering the fortified enclosure of the city. Available sources, such as Monumentum, confirm their existence and destruction, without providing more details about their occupants or their precise use beyond their mixed function (housing and commerce).

The accuracy of their location is considered poor (note 5/10), and the addresses mentioned in the databases (3-5 rue de la Cité or 10 rue de la Cité) reflect this uncertainty. Owned by an association before their destruction, these houses were neither open to visit nor used for tourist services. Their history remains fragmentary, limited to architectural descriptions and their urban context in the medieval Limoges.

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