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The House of Limoux, dated from the 14th century, is a historical monument whose precise origins remain unknown. Its architecture reveals Gothic elements, including broken arches at thirteen harps and carved capitals, including one decorated with foliage. The street façade has three arches, two of which are old and a third added to the 19th century, framed by rectangular windows. The carefully worked stone apparatus includes chamfers on the edges of the frames.

In the 16th century, the building houses a hospital for the poor, which in the 18th century became an institution run by the Hospitaller Religious Ladies. Their enclosures extend through the acquisition of adjacent houses. The inner courtyard, rectangular, is lined with walls while corbelling a half-timber, supported by carved beams resting on four large arches. These arcs, starting from engaged pillars or from an angle pillar, create complex crosses at 1.50 m from their fall. The capitals, mostly spanned, emphasize the Gothic influence, with a single capital decorated with foliage at the northwest corner.

The facades, the arch of the gate on street and the arches of the courtyard have been protected since 1951 by an inscription in the Historical Monuments. The site, located at 57 rue de la Blanquerie, illustrates the evolution of a medieval housing in charitable space, marked by architectural transformations until the 19th century.

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