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The Lapeyre House is an emblematic monument to the city of Bayonne, dating from the 16th century. This civilian building bears witness to the residential architecture of the Renaissance in a then prosperous city, marked by its port and commercial activity. Its name evokes an influential family or owner of the time, although internal sources do not specify its detailed history.

In Bayonne, in the 16th century, bourgeois houses like the Lapeyre house reflected the wealth of local merchants and notables. The city, strategic between France and Spain, enjoyed intense cultural and economic exchanges. These houses served both as a place of life, social representation and sometimes as a professional space, embodying the urban dynamism of this pivotal period between the Middle Ages and modern times.

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