Arcade ranking 20 juin 1928 (≈ 1928)
Registration as a Historical Monument by order.
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Heritage classified
Arcade: registration by decree of 20 June 1928
Origin and history
The house at 15bis rue des Merciers in La Rochelle is a monument whose most notable element is an arcade protected by an inscription order dated 20 June 1928. This classification makes it a Historical Monument, although architectural details or its precise history are not explicitly documented in available sources. The location of this building, in downtown La Rochelle, suggests an integration into an ancient urban fabric, marked by commercial and craft activities, typical of the port cities of the Atlantic.
The arcade houses, frequent in medieval or reborn city centres, often served as places of passage, wasteland or housing for merchants and artisans. Their preservation illustrates the importance attached to the memory of architectural forms linked to the daily life of past times.
