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Bonaventure House was a private hotel built in 1480 in Tours, in the Old Towers district. Located in the 2 passage of the Jacobins, it was built by Thomas Tacquin, lord of Bonaventure and chamberlain of the king. This building was a typical example of the civil architecture of the late Middle Ages, with a wing in return of square and a square turret in corbellation.

The south wing kept a vaulted room on the ground floor, decorated with wooden crosses with prismatic mouldings. The ass-de-lampe and a armorial key (with the coat of arms erased) showed his prestige. Upstairs, a turret housed a small cabinet connected to the main hall, illustrating the refinement of the aristocratic residences of the time.

Ranked a historic monument on February 18, 1942, the house was destroyed in 1944 during the bombings of Tours during the Second World War. Only documents and architectural descriptions, such as those of the Merimée base, can now trace history and features.

The site occupied a symbolic place in the tourism heritage, reflecting both the power of the local lords and the destruction suffered by the city in the twentieth century. His early registration (1942) underlined its importance, despite his tragic disappearance two years later.

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