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Cardinal de Richelieu undertook to transform his native village into an ideal city, entrusting the plans to architect Jacques Lemercier. The city was designed according to a rigorous geometrical pattern, with ditches, ramparts, monumental gates and a network of symmetrical streets lined with aligned houses. This building is one of the 28 hotels on Grande Rue, representing an architectural model typical of this main artery.

The land was ceded by the cardinal on November 12, 1633, probably to Jean Fayet (counsellor of the king and treasurer of France), as well as to Jean Galland and Jean Lepec, both advisers and secretaries of the king. The notarial act, signed in Paris on 27 September 1634 before Gabriel Guerreau and Pierre Parque, formalized this donation. The construction of the hotel began after that date, perhaps in 1636, according to Lemercier's plans. The carpentry of the bays dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, while the ground floor panelling and a fireplace were added in the 19th century.

The building, although deeply renovated (notably by adding a basement between the first floor and the attic), retains a remarkable architectural unity and consistency of property. It was classified as a Historical Monument by decree of 7 August 1990, including communes, bread oven, court floor, fence wall and 17th and 18th century works. Today, it belongs to a private company, and its current use (visits, rentals, guest rooms) is not specified in the available sources.

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