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The house located at the 7 Grand-Rue in Ribeauvillé, in the Haut-Rhin, is a square building dating from the last quarter of the seventeenth century, as attested to the date 1694 engraved on the front of the gate. The latter, decorated with Corinthian columns and a central medallion, bears an inscription in ancient German indicating that the building was "renovated" (or rebuilt) by Heinrich Miller and his wife Anna Maria Beckin. The inscription also mentions the prices of cereals and wine at that time, reflecting the local economic context. The main body retained ground-crossed windows, while lateral and posterior elevations showed subsequent changes (XIX century).

The monument has been protected since 1932, with a limited inscription at the entrance gate, known for its early baroque style and carved details. The building, originally linked to bourgeois activity (perhaps a tanner, suggested by a wooded emblem), will later house a restaurant named "À la Ville de Nancy" in the 19th and 20th centuries. The backyard, which is now covered, and the modifications of the openings testify to its adaptation to successive uses. The accuracy of dating and the names of sponsors, rare for this period, make it a notable example of post-Renaissance Alsatian domestic architecture.

Architecturally, the house combines traditional Alsatian elements (drop-roof, square arrangement) and classical influences (frontonon with volutes, Corinthian capitals). The crossette windows, typical of the region, contrast with the rectangular bays added later. The cartridge of the portal, although partially altered, offers a direct testimony of the mentality and standard of living of the rabeauvilloese bourgeoisie at the end of the seventeenth century, a period marked by the reconstruction after the wars of Louis XIV in Alsace.

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