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Larade-Avy House is a 16th-century historical monument in Alet-les-Bains, Aude. It consists of two adjoining houses, whose facades on street line harmoniously, sharing the same levels of floors and corbellations. The left part, built in a more rustic way, appears after the right part, where the main entrance is located. This door in the middle of the hanger, decorated with mouldings, is composed of eleven harpsichords and vantals with small panels, partially erased by time.

The right façade houses an inlaid carved stone representing a crowned head with long hair, of unknown origin. At the back, in the courtyard, a walled window carries a wooded shield and the date of 1590, the only precise chronological index of the building. The supervision and vantals of the gate on street were inscribed in the Historical Monuments by order of 5 April 1948, highlighting their heritage value.

The building illustrates Renaissance civil architecture in Languedoc, combining neat decorative elements and more modest structures. Its state of conservation and its sculptural details make it a rare testimony of the urban dwellings of this period in the region, although its precise history and its former occupants remain largely unknown.

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