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The two houses are located in Lamballe-Armor (formerly Lamballe), in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany. They are located precisely at 7 rue du Four, a central location in this commune in northwestern France. These houses are an example of 17th century civil architecture, a period marked by the gradual stabilization of stone construction techniques in the region.

The facades of these two houses were partially listed as historical monuments by an order of 19 June 1926. This protection concerns only external elements, reflecting the heritage interest in their architectural style representative of the Great Breton Century. Today, these houses belong to the municipality of Lamballe-Armor, although their current use (housing, visit, or other) is not specified in the available sources.

The location of these houses, close to a street with the name "Four", suggests a historical link with craft or commercial activities typical of the Breton villages of the period. Their preservation makes it possible to evoke the living environment of the inhabitants of Lamballe in the 17th and 18th centuries, where stone houses often symbolized a certain economic ease, contrasting with the more modest constructions of perishable materials.

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