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The town hall of Laroquebrou is a house of the 1st quarter of the 14th century, organized around a closed inner courtyard. Its architecture blends Gothic elements – such as a broken arched portal and a medieval wrought iron bumper – with 18th-century interior decorations, including woodwork adorning a large room on the first floor. This building, initially a private residence, illustrates the transition between medieval and classical styles, with traces of monumental Gothic fireplace hidden under later additions.

The entrance gate and the large wooded hall have been protected as historical monuments since 31 July 1979. The gate, preceded by a porch, presents a broken arch with adorned with tores and foliage capitals, typical of Gothic art. Inside, the wooden gallery serves the floors, while the ground floor retains original doors opening onto the courtyard. This monument, owned by the municipality, bears witness to the architectural evolution and the re-use of medieval elements in a more recent context.

The northern exterior façade houses a carved cap and profiled archvolts, while one of the vantals of the portal retains a 14th century bumper, rare vestige of the medieval period. The large room on the first floor, south side, hides behind its 18th century woodwork a monumental gothic fireplace with foliage frieze, revealing the old residential function of the building. These stylistic superpositions make it a remarkable example of architectural adaptation throughout the centuries.

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