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Heritage classified

Origin and history

The house located at 4 rue Monsieur-le-Prince, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is a historical monument whose remarkable elements have been preserved by the authorities. The inscription to the inventory of the Historical Monuments, intervened by decree of 18 February 1926, specifically concerns the monumental door (including the sideways) as well as the window of the first floor overlooking the street. These architectural details bear witness to a carefully protected urban heritage, although the available archives do not specify either the construction period or the exact historical context of the building.

In the Paris of the 1920s, when protection was formalized, bourgeois houses and private hotels in the 6th arrondissement often embodied the prestige of a capital in the midst of cultural and artistic change. This type of building, even partially classified, reflected the growing concerns for safeguarding the architectural heritage in the face of the rapid modernization of the city. The location on Rue Monsieur-le-Prince, close to the Sorbonne and the Latin Quarter, suggests an integration into an urban fabric marked by the intellectual and academic history of the capital.

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