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The house, located at 35 rue Chef-de-Ville in La Rochelle, is a 17th century historical monument. It is part of a set of seven adjoining houses, built of cut stone for the front façade and of coated stone for the rear. Its architecture includes a decent distribution corridor and a wooden staircase, ramp on ramp, placed in an angle. The interior bulkheads are made of wood, characteristic of the buildings of this time.

The façade and arcade of this house were inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 20 June 1928. This building illustrates the residential urban planning of La Rochelle in the seventeenth century, a period marked by the expansion of the city, then major port on the Atlantic. Its state of conservation and its architectural details make it a precious testimony of the bourgeois habitat of the time.

The location of the house, in the historic center of La Rochelle, reflects the dense urban organization of the modern period. Contiguous houses, like this one, were often intended for merchants or artisans, participating in the economic and social life of the city. The use of local materials, such as stone and stone, emphasizes the adaptation of buildings to the resources available in the region.

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