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Origin and history

The house at 4 rue du Grand-Marché in Tours, formerly 4 Place Plumereau, is a monument listed in the inventory of Historic Monuments. Only its façade and roof were officially protected by order of 10 January 1928. This building is part of the historic urban fabric of Tours, a city marked by its medieval and reborn past, although its exact period of construction is not specified in the available sources.

The neighbourhood around Plumereau Square, now a lively city centre, was historically a major commercial and artisanal hub. Half-timbered houses and stone buildings, like this one, often reflected the prosperity of local merchants and bourgeois people. Their preservation makes it possible to understand the architectural and social evolution of Tours, especially through protected elements such as facades, witnesses to styles and techniques of construction of past eras.

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