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The so-called Sully House, located in Nerac in the Lot-et-Garonne department, is an emblematic building of the second half of the 16th century. It belonged to Daniel du Breuilh, a great silversmith of the Albret stables, who on several occasions welcomed the future Duke of Sully there between 1576 and 1588. He also stayed there during his passages between 1610 and 1641, marking the history of this place by his repeated visits.

The architecture of the house is distinguished by its composition in two houses separated by an inner courtyard, connected by a wooden gallery and a tower housing a spiral staircase. This staircase directly serves the floors of the first house body and, via the gallery, those of the second. The façade on the street, renovated in the seventeenth century, has a pilaster door and a broken triangular pediment, while a fireplace dated 1615 adorns the first house body.

The house was partially classified as a historic monument on 30 May 1990, with the protection of its facades, roofs and fireplaces. She also housed writer Charles Nodier, adding a literary dimension to her heritage. A historic fireplace was moved to the Château de Saint-Blancard in the Gers, testifying to the transformations suffered by the building over the centuries.

Historical sources, including Bernard Bouzou's references and the Mérimée bases, confirm its importance in the local heritage. Sully's house thus embodies a mixture of political, architectural and cultural history, linked to the Renaissance and the Old Regime in New Aquitaine.

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