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Hôtel Jacques Coeur: View of west facade

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
To the west, the Gallo-Roman rampart, which acts as a base, is quite visible. Moreover, it was restored at the end of the 19th century. It’s made of small cubic stones with horizontal bands of brick.
The ‘grand maison’ built in his native city from 1443 to 1451 by the banker Jacques Coeur is a rare example of a late medieval urban residence. It is well preserved, its size and the richness of its decoration are exceptional, and it is a closely dated building, erected in a single campaign. The house was only just finished at the time of Jacques Coeur’s arrest in 1451; it was mutilated and altered when it was used as the city hall (1682-1858) and later as the court-house (1858-1920). Major restorations were executed in 1858-1870 and 1927-1938; the last returned the building to its original state. It lies between the Gallo-Roman city wall to the west and a street to the east and is an irregular quadrangle in plan (60 x 40 m) with a courtyard.

History

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House of Jacques Coeur

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Bourges, Centre, France: Cher department: 10, Rue Jacques Coeur +47.084946+2.394085 Bourges

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

Medieval

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To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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