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Origin and history

The house at 15 rue des Capucins in Abbeville, in the department of the Somme (Hauts-de-France), is a monument listed in the inventory of Historical Monuments. Its inscription by decree of 18 May 1926 specifically concerns its facades overlooking Rue des Capucins and Rue des Teinturiers, two important arteries of local urban heritage. The building illustrates the city's civil architecture, although the available archives do not specify its date of construction or its sponsor.

Abbeville, a historic town of Picardie, experienced an economic boom linked to textile and commercial activities in the Middle Ages. Bourgeois or artisanal houses, like this one, played a central role in everyday life, housing both houses and workshops. Their preservation today reflects the urban and social evolution of the region, where the traditional structure coexists with the industrial transformations of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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