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Origin and history

The log house on 74 rue de la Trinité, located in Falaise, Calvados, was a typical example of 16th-century civil architecture in Lower Normandy. Built in wooden strips, a technique common at the time, it reflected the local craftsmanship and the use of resources available in the region, such as oak from the surrounding forests. This type of house, often occupied by merchants or artisans, played a central role in medieval and reborn urban life.

Classified as historical monuments on October 11, 1930 for its facades and roofs, this house symbolized the architectural heritage preserved despite urban transformations. Its destruction in 1944 during the bombings of the Battle of Normandy, which ravaged two thirds of Falaise, marked an irreversible loss to the local heritage. After the war, the reconstruction of the city favoured stone buildings to evoke, without reproducing them, the old houses that had disappeared.

Available sources, including Wikipedia and Monumentum, highlight its historical importance and precise location, while noting its current absence in the urban landscape. The house was owned by the commune before its destruction, and its exact location remains documented in the archives of the Merimée base. Today, it survives through descriptions and bibliographical references, as in Le Patrimoine des Communes du Calvados (2001).

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