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Origin and history

The house at 6 rue des Moulins in Commercy (Meuse, Grand Est) is a civilian building built in 1596, as evidenced by the date worn on a pedestrian door. Its architecture, marked by a long-paned roof and pavilion, reflects the characteristics of the late Renaissance. Some historians suggest that it would have been an integral part of the Collège Saint-Nicolas, although this hypothesis remains debated.

The street façade, the most remarkable element of the building, was partially altered in the 18th and 19th centuries by later drillings. Despite these changes, its heritage value was recognized as early as 1926, when it was listed as historic monuments by ministerial decree. This classification specifically protects the facade, witness to the art of building at the hinge of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Commercy, the Meuse's sub-prefecture, was in modern times a city marked by its religious and administrative role. The collegiate Saint-Nicolas, to which this house could be associated, was a central place of spiritual and community life. The houses of this period often served as lodgings for the clergy, workshops or bourgeois residences, illustrating the diversity of urban functions before the Industrial Revolution.

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