Maison du docteur Dugoujon, Historical resistance house in Caluire-et-Cuire, France.
The Maison du docteur Dugoujon stands at 2 place Jean-Gouailhardou in the Bourg district of Caluire-et-Cuire, a 19th-century bourgeois house of pale beige stone with a low dark roof and two brick chimney stacks. Tall windows with pale louvered shutters line its upper floors, and a white metal fence and gate close off the small garden. Two dark plaques flank the gate.
The house gained historical significance on June 21, 1943, when the Gestapo arrested Jean Moulin and other French Resistance leaders there. This event transformed the location into a site marking a turning point in France's World War II experience.
The house is named after Frédéric Dugoujon, a young doctor who rented it from 1941 and set up his practice there. He made the property available to Resistance members as a meeting place. Since 2010 it has housed the Jean-Moulin memorial, whose rooms recreate the doctor's office, waiting room, bedroom and salon.
The house is open to the public as the Mémorial Jean-Moulin, inaugurated in 2010; its memorial rooms recreate the doctor's consulting room, waiting room, bedroom and drawing room. The building stands at 2 place Jean-Gouailhardou in the Bourg district, and a bronze statue of Jean Moulin, inaugurated on 19 December 2004, faces it from the square.
A statue of Jean Moulin was installed near the house in 2004 to commemorate his ashes being transferred to the Pantheon. The monument draws visitors who wish to honor the link between this location and the French Resistance.
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