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Origin and history

The house in Hennebont, Morbihan, England, is a 16th-century civil building. It illustrates the Renaissance home architecture in this region, marked by both local influences and new arrivals from Italy or the Loire. Its inscription as Historic Monument in 1925 specifically concerns its facade, highlighting its heritage and aesthetic value.

The location of this house, between Old Town Street and the square of the same name, suggests its integration into the medieval and reborn urban fabric of Hennebont, a city then dynamic thanks to its port and commercial role. At that time, bourgeois or merchant houses often reflected the prosperity of their owners, while serving as a place of life, trade or craft. Their preservation makes it possible today to study the lifestyles and architectural evolution of Brittany at the crossroads between the Middle Ages and modern times.

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