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Date de construction environ 1650
Structure Hôtel particulier

Date de construction environ 1769
Structure place
Courant architectural alsacien (colombage)

Date de construction 1769

Date de construction 1852
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Marché-Gayot Square

This square developed in 1769 was commissioned by royal moneylender François-Marie Gayot on the site of the Hôtel de Brunswick that had burned down in 1682. This new square was part of the urban expansion and improvement plan set down by Jacques-François Blondel (1705-1774) in 1765. The square — where a herb and poultry market was planned — is bordered by buildings: first, a salt store on the side of rue des Écrivains; a large inn on the side of rue des Sœurs, as well as shops and half-timbered houses. Some of these houses have very small doors: legend has it that this is because they were used as lodgings for the dwarves, fools and jesters employed by the episcopal court1.  


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  1. Totem patrimoniaux (Strasbourg), 2020, traduction fournie par la Ville de Strasbourg

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