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Hotel Blon-et-Amouroux is a private hotel built between 1828 and 1856, located at No 5 of Place Général-Mellinet, in the Dervallières-Zola district of Nantes. It is part of a coherent architectural complex, designed by the architects Blond and Amouroux in 1827, which transformed an old private property into an octagonal square lined with eight identical hotels, each with a park at the back. This urban project reflects the extension of Nantes to the west and the port, characteristic of the Restoration period.

The Mellinet Square, located in the former Launay property, symbolizes an ambitious urban planning operation for the time. The facades and roofs of the hotel were listed as historical monuments by order of 18 April 1991, thus recognizing their heritage value. Originally built for Goullin (Caisse d'épargne), the building embodies a unique example in Nantes of 19th-century bourgeois residential architecture, combining urban harmony and social prestige.

The construction work lasted until 1874 for the whole square, but the Blon-et-Amouroux hotel, completed between 1828 and 1856, was one of the most representative elements. Its inscription in 1991 underlines its importance in the heritage of Nantes, while preserving the original facades and roofs, classified under the reference cadastral IO 84. The architects Blond and Amouroux, authors of the plans, marked this area with their urban and aesthetic vision.

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