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The house located 16 rue Bertrand in Vic-sur-Cère is an urban building dating from the second half of the 18th century, although its origin may have been from the 16th century. It is distinguished by its ionic pilaster portal, original drills, lime coatings and rock-style woodwork. The ground floor has a vault in a full-circle cradle, while a ramp staircase on a ramp with turned wooden balusters, not common in the Cantal, would come from another local home, the Bertrand house, before 1926.

According to oral tradition, the interior panels were executed around 1810 by Austrian prisoners, adding a singular historical dimension. The house also preserves a fireplace on the first floor and a walled room, elements protected since the inscription to the Historical Monuments by order of 11 June 1990. The building thus illustrates the architectural changes of the eighteenth century, mixing ancient heritage and stylistic influences of the era.

The location of the house, right in the centre of Vic-sur-Cère (Rue Bertrand), and its partial conservation (facades, roofs, staircase) make it a rare testimony of the bourgeois Cantalian habitat of this period. Its present state, considered satisfactory (note 7/10 for the accuracy of localization), allows to appreciate the constructive and decorative techniques in vogue in Auvergne on the eve of the French Revolution.

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