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The house 4 Place Bichat in Lons-le-Saunier is a neoclassical building built in 1868, during the 3rd quarter of the 19th century. It replaces two 18th-century houses and partially occupies the site of an old canonical house linked to the convent of the Ladies of St. Clair (clarisses), which once dominated three sides of the square. This convent, present since the eighteenth century, marked local urban history before its partial transformation.

The construction of 1868 is part of a post-revolutionary urban renewal, where the old religious buildings, often nationalized, give way to bourgeois dwellings. The house is distinguished by its neo-classical facade, typical of the affluent residential architecture of the period. In 1996, the whole — buildings, interior decorations, cobbled courtyard and fence wall of the garden — was included in the inventory of Historic Monuments by ministerial decree, highlighting its heritage value.

The exact address, 4 place Bichat, corresponds to a central place of Lons-le-Saunier, in the department of Jura (region Burgundy-Franche-Comté). The accuracy of its location is estimated to be "passible" (note 5/10), possibly reflecting uncertainties about historical boundaries. Today, the site does not appear to be systematically open to the public, although its protected status makes it a notable architectural witness to the spa town and prefecture of Jura.

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