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Origin and history

The medieval house on the floors of the House Place des Conques, located in Villeneuve, occupies a vast space against the Soubirane Gate and the fortified enclosure. Its original facade, partially preserved, was on the rue de la Porte Soubirane. The remains include a south corner with a broken arched door and arcade on the ground floor, as well as rectangular windows and closet stones on the floors. The construction combines squared limestone bellows on the first floor and cut stone on the second, typical of medieval techniques.

The present house, probably built in the late 15th or early 16th century, replaces an older house of the 13th or 14th centuries, almost entirely destroyed. It is distinguished by its cross-sections and half-crosses adorned with larmies, carved caps and ground frames, characteristic of the civil architecture of the nascent Renaissance. The entrance gate, with its quarter-round stalls and its curved segment arch, underlines the importance of this building, perhaps an aristocratic or bourgeois hotel.

Four iron racks in the facade, as well as a upstairs cord, testify to its first condition. The building was partially preserved despite the transformations, with Gothic elements such as broken arches and Renaissance additions. Listed in the Historical Monuments by order of 17 February 1928, this house reflects Villeneuve's architectural and social transitions between the Middle Ages and the modern era.

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