House à La Rochelle en Charente-Maritime

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Heritage classified

Origin and history

The house at 3 rue du Mining in La Rochelle is a historical monument whose construction spans the 17th and 18th centuries. It is part of a coherent architectural ensemble, characterized by the presence of arcades on all houses on this street, a distinctive feature of the local urbanism of the time. These arcades, protected elements, testify to the importance attached to the harmony of facades and pedestrian traffic in the historic centre of La Rochelle, the major port city of the Atlantic.

The protection of this heritage was formalized by an inventory of Historical Monuments on 27 June 1928, specifically concerning the arcade of the house. This recognition highlights the architectural and historical value of the building, integrated into an urban fabric marked by the commercial and maritime activity of the region. The location, although specified by an exact address, benefits from an average reliability assessment (level 5/10), possibly reflecting minor uncertainties on the exact coordinates or available sources.

Available data, mainly from the Merimée database and Monumentum, do not mention the sponsors or architects of this house, nor its precise use over the centuries. However, its integration into a homogeneous architectural complex suggests a role in the daily life of the city, probably linked to trade or bourgeois housing, typical of dynamic ports like La Rochelle in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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