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Origin and history

This building, located at 14 rue d'Iéna in Angoulême, dates from the 4th quarter of the 18th century. It is part of a neighbourhood that once corresponded to the hunting reserve of the castle of Angoulême, lotie in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is distinguished by its neat architecture: the ground floor is fitted in splits, while the wall closing the inner courtyard is decorated with bosses and five sets of stone balusters, separated by rectangular pillars.

The main door, framed in the middle of the hanger, has a carved key carved with grooves. An entablement, supported by consoles with a canned and straight decoration, overcomes this entrance. These decorative elements, typical of the late classic style, reflect the care given to the construction. The building has been partially protected under the Historic Monuments since 1971, with an inscription covering its facades, roofs and gate.

The neighborhood, transformed after the disappearance of the hunting reserve, illustrates the gradual urbanization of Angoulême at that time. The building, by its architecture and location, bears witness to this transition between an aristocratic space dedicated to hunting and an expanding bourgeois urban fabric.

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