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The Atlante House, also known as the Samson House, is an 18th-century facade located on Rue Jules-Lardière in Amiens. It was originally built in 1760 for Charles Miné, an Amienese merchant, who entrusted it to the architect Pierre-Joseph Christophle. The limestone façade was erected on Rue des Sergents before being dismantled and moved in 1914.

In 1761, the facade was decorated with an atlante carved by Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, the father-in-law of Christophle. This atlante, dressed in lion skin, supports a semi-oval balcony on the first floor. The house, numbered 57 rue des Sergents from 1804, was purchased in 1913 by Anatole Hubault after the death of its owner without heir. Hubault offered the facade to the Société des Antiquaires de Picardie, which dismantled it and placed it on Rue Jules-Lardière.

The façade, classified as a historic monument in 1926, has four levels with windows decorated with wrought iron railings. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was saved from destruction by its dismantling and replacement on a building built specifically to accommodate it. In 2000, a restoration allowed to renovate the arm and face of the Atlante, a moulding of which is preserved at the Picardie Museum.

Today, this facade is an architectural testimony of the eighteenth century, preserved by the municipality of Amiens. It illustrates the know-how of the artisans of the time, particularly in sculpture and carpentry, while telling a unique history of heritage preservation.

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