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Origin and history

The house in Civray, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, is a 15th century historical monument. This civil building illustrates the typical architecture of this period, marked by construction techniques still largely medieval. Its listing in the inventory of Historic Monuments by order of 18 February 1927 underlines its heritage importance, although the precise details of its history or its occupants remain little documented in the available sources.

In the 15th century, Civray, then part of the former province of Poitou, was a town whose economy was mainly based on agriculture, crafts and local trade. The houses of that time often served as a place of life, trade or workshop for bourgeois families or artisans. Their preservation makes it possible today to study the lifestyles and urban organization of small French cities at the end of the Middle Ages.

Civil monuments such as this house provided a functional and representative framework for the social status of their owners.

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