Hôtel de Toulouse [SEP] architect
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Hôtel de Toulouse


The Hôtel de Toulouse, former Hôtel de La Vrillière is located at 1 rue de La Vrillière, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It was built between 1635 and 1640 by François Mansart, for Louis Phélypeaux, seigneur de La Vrillière. Originally, the mansion had a large garden with a formal parterre to the southwest. In 1712, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse (son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan) acquired the Hôtel de La Vrillière and commissioned Robert de Cotte, "Premier Architecte du Roi
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Hôtel Jean de Pins


The Hôtel Jean de Pins in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. Its double gallery on the courtyard is a listed historical monument since 1995. The hotel is built around 1528 by Jean de Pins, one of the most renowned humanists of the Renaissance of Toulouse. He died in 1537 and his heirs sold it in 1542 to Jean de Nolet, who undertakes to have it restored, transformed and enlarged by famous architect Nicolas Bachelier. The hotel had to
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Hôtel de Bagis


The Hôtel de Bagis in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1889. The Hotel de Bagis is a mansion located at 25 rue de la Dalbade, in the historic center of Toulouse. The Toulouse people call it the Hôtel de Pierre (stone mansion), because its façade is entirely made of stone, which was unique in Toulouse in the 17th century. It is an exceptional ensemble of the Renaissance of Toulouse
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Hôtel Thomas de Montval


The Hôtel Thomas de Montval in Toulouse, France, is a 20th-century "hôtel particulier" ("palace") built with Renaissance elements of the 16th century. The mansion was built between 1901 and 1904 by the architect Jules Calbairac. In the courtyard, elements of the sixteenth century Renaissance-style Hôtel Jean de Pins were reused when it was partially demolished by the opening of the rue du Languedoc. The central porch gives access to the inner courtyard through a covered passage. The façades are built on two floors
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Hôtel de Toulouse


French Revolution, the Hôtel de Toulouse became the "Imprimerie de la République" in 1795. An imperial decree signed by Napoleon I on 6 March 1808, authorised the sale of the Hôtel de Toulouse to the Banque de France, which made it its official seat in 1811. The Hôtel de Toulouse was the site of a scene from Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" with its famous "Galerie dorée" (one of Robert de Cotte's masterpieces) as a room in a palace of her youth. Other films,
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Hôtel d'Assézat


The Hôtel d'Assézat in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century which houses the Bemberg Foundation, a major art gallery of the city. The Hôtel d'Assézat was likely built by Toulouse architect Nicolas Bachelier for Pierre d'Assézat, a rich Toulouse manufacturer. The construction of the Hôtel began in 1555 and was not yet completed when Pierre d'Assézat died in 1581. It is an outstanding example of Renaissance palaces architecture of southern France, with an elaborate decoration of the "cour d'honneur
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François Cammas


Lambert-François-Thérèse Cammas (1743–1804) was a French painter, architect, and engineer, Cammas was born at Toulouse in 1743. He was instructed in the rudiments of art by his father, Guillaume Cammas, an architect who designed the façade of the Hôtel-de-Ville at Toulouse. He later went to Rome, where, in 1770, he became professor at the Academy of St. Luke. On his return to France he protested against the bad taste which had disfigured the majestic outlines of the noblest churches
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Hôtel de Felzins


The Hôtel de Felzins in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. This mansion located in the historical center of Toulouse was built in the middle of the 16th century (1556) for parliamentarian Gaspard Molinier. The hotel is representative of the Toulouse mansions, characteristic with its Renaissance motifs. It is particularly noteworthy for its Mannerist portal on the Rue de la Dalbade, with rich and exuberant decor. A room on the ground floor has preserved its monumental fireplace of
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Hôtel de Brucelles


The Hôtel de Brucelles in Toulouse, France, is a gothic and Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1925. The Hotel de Brucelles is located at 19 rue des Changes, in the historic center of Toulouse and was built circa 1544 for the capitoul Arnaud de Brucelles. The hotel with facade in corondage is adorned with threadings of Gothic style. In the courtyard, in a Renaissance style, one finds one of the most beautiful octagonal staircase towers
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Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre


the only heir of the comte de Toulouse from whom he inherited the Hôtel de Toulouse in Paris, and the château de Rambouillet surrounded by the game-rich Rambouillet forest. The "Hôtel de Toulouse" was the family's residence in Paris. The duc de Penthièvre willed it to his daughter, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. It was located opposite the Palais-Royal. Over the years, the duc de Penthièvre also acquired other estates: Because his male heir, the prince de Lamballe, predeceased him in 1768,
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Hôtel d'Astorg et de Saint-Germain


The Hôtel d'Astorg et de Saint-Germain in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th and 17th centuries. The Hotel d'Astorg and Saint Germain is located at 16, rue des Changes, in the historical center of Toulouse and was built between 1550 and 1570 for the Capitoul Guillaume de Saint-Germain, then reworked by the captain Jean d'Astorg. Its façade on the street dates from the end of the 16th century while its courtyard presents two outstanding wooden staircases, one
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Hôtel Mansencal


The Hôtel Mansencal in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1925. The Hotel Mansencal is a mansion located at 1 rue Espinasse, in the historic center of Toulouse. Constructed in the second quarter of the 16th century, between 1527 and 1547, for an important Toulouse parliamentarian, Jean de Mansencal, it was deeply altered in the following centuries. The façade on the garden in particular was mutilated by the destruction of
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Hôtel d'Ulmo


The Hôtel d'Ulmo in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It is a listed historical monument since 1925. The Hotel d'Ulmo is located at 15 rue Ninau, in the historical center of Toulouse, and was built between 1526 and 1536 on an old and important building of the 16th century for the magistrate Jehan de Ulmo. Advocate General at the Parliament of Toulouse in 1526, mortar president in 1529. Recognized guilty of corruption he was in 1537 pilloried and
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Hôtel Dahus


The Hôtel Dahus (also known as Hôtel de Tournoer) in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a listed historical monument since 1925. The Hotel Dahus, also called Capitoul Pierre-Dahus Hotel, Roquette Hotel or Tournoer Tower, is a private mansion in Toulouse, located at 9 rue Ozenne. It was built between 1474 and 1483, for the capitoul Pierre Dahus. The Tournoer Tower, dating from 1532, owes its name
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Hôtel de Toulouse


", to redesign it and bring important transformations to its interior. After the death of Toulouse in 1737, the Hôtel became the Parisian residence of his son, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, and the birthplace of the latter's daughter, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon. The "princesse de Lamballe", who was the Duke of Penthièvre's widowed daughter-in-law, also resided there until the French Revolution. Confiscated as a "bien national" ("national property") during the
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Hôtel de Bagis


. The construction of a first hotel begins in 1537 under the direction of the famous Toulouse architect Nicolas Bachelier. The hotel was modified in 1611 by the architect Pierre Souffron, who built the new façade on the street, entirely in stone. The sculptured decoration was only completed in the 19th century. The hotel opens onto the Dalbade Street with a majestic facade. Composed of eight bays, its axis of symmetry is formed by the two central bays, identical, of which the one on the left only houses the gateway.
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Toulouse


houses the Hôtel de Ville (city hall), the Théâtre du Capitole (opera house), and the 16th-century Donjon du Capitole tower. It is located on the Place du Capitole. The Cité de l'espace (Space City) is a theme park of space exploration. The Médiathèque José Cabanis is a library. The "Jardin des Plantes" is a large park spanning several blocks, including a museum, cafés, activities for children and a botanical garden. Toulouse has many hôtels particuliers (large single-family
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Hôtel de Bernuy


The Hôtel de Bernuy in rue Léon Gambetta, Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century built by the mason Louis Privat for the wealthy woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy. The facade of Hôtel de Bernuy was built between 1503 to 1504, while the gothic brick courtyard and its tower were constructed from 1530 to 1533 for the Renaissance stone courtyard. The owner was a rich woad merchant, Jean de Bernuy, a Spanish Jew who had fled the inquisition and was
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Toulouse


one of the oldest public places dedicated to photography in the world. Toulouse's art museums include the Musée des Augustins, the Musée des Abattoirs, the Musée Georges Labit, and the Fondation Bemberg in the Hôtel d'Assézat. The Musée Saint-Raymond is devoted to Antiquity and the Muséum de Toulouse to natural history. Toulouse is the seat of the Académie des Jeux Floraux, the equivalent of the French Academy for the Occitan-speaking regions of southern France, making Toulouse the unofficial capital of Occitan culture. The traditional Cross of
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Hôtel Dumay


The Hôtel Dumay, a historic building in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since June 21, 1950. The Dumay hotel retains the name of the man who built it at the end of the 16th century, Antoine Dumay, a renowned physician, notably a doctor of Marguerite de Valois, Henri IV's first wife. It now houses the Museum of Old Toulouse.
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Pierre Souffron


Beaumont, near Condom), "Moissan et autres places". Souffron undertook to build the castle of Beaumont in eighteen months. Between 1609 and 1612, he was the architect of the Hotel de Clari, Hôtel de Bagis or stone hotel of Toulouse where he built the wing with the stone facade on the street. From 1624 he founded the Jesuit College. The first stone was laid on September 10, 1624 and the blessing of the chapel was given by Archbishop Leonard de Trappes on July 31, 1627. After his
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Isatis tinctoria


, above all, Languedoc in France. This last region, in the triangle created by Toulouse, Albi, and Carcassonne, was for a long time the most productive of woad, or "pastel" as it was known there, one writer commenting that "woad […] hath made that country the happiest and richest in Europe." The prosperous woad merchants of Toulouse displayed their affluence in splendid mansions, many of which still stand, as the Hôtel de Bernuy and the Hôtel d'Assézat. One merchant, Jean de
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Prosper Montagné


Prosper Montagné () (14 November 1865 – 22 April 1948) was a French chef and author of many books and articles on food, cooking, and gastronomy, notably the Larousse Gastronomique. Montagné was born in Carcassonne, Aude. Upon leaving the Lycée de Carcassonne, he wished to become an architect, but this proved impossible. His father acquired l'Hotel des Quatre-Saisons in Toulouse, with his son as a chef – the beginning of an illustrious career. He apprenticed at the "Grand Hôtel" of Paris and
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1562 Riots of Toulouse


Narbonne was sent by the Parlement of Toulouse to discuss the peace terms with those inside the Hôtel de Ville. The Reformed Church members agreed to leave the Hôtel and their other strongholds, abandon their arms and possessions inside, and leave Toulouse forever under the promise that they would be unmolested. As Saturday night fell, starting between eight and nine p.m. the Reformed Church members in large numbers began to file through the only Protestant-controlled exit from the walled city, the gate of Villeneuve. Some of their number watched from the
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Bourbon-Penthièvre


had been called the House of Bourbon-Toulouse during the lifetime of the duc de Penthièvre's father, the "comte de Toulouse". The comte had received his title in 1681 as an appanage from his father, Louis XIV, and his residence in Paris, the Hôtel de Toulouse was named after this title. Upon his death, his descendents were members of the House of Bourbon-Penthièvre. Due to the illegitimate birth of the "comte de Toulouse", members of the "House of Bourbon-Penthièvre"
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Robert de Cotte


the Hôtel de Lude (1710, demolished), the Hôtel d'Estrées in rue de Grenelle (1713, remodelled); surviving drawings for interiors are in the hand of Pierre Lepautre. De Cotte was in charge of the team that remodelled François Mansart's Hôtel de Vrillière in 1714-1715 for Louis XIV's legitimated son, the comte de Toulouse; the outstanding features were the grand staircase, in which several sculptors collaborated, and the Gallery (1718–1719), upon which de Cotte's reputation has rested, and which survives
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Hôtel de La Mamye


The Hôtel de La Mamye in Toulouse, France, is a Renaissance "hôtel particulier" ("palace") of the 16th century. It was built from 1540 for N. de La Mamye and redesigned throughout the 16th century for its descendants, the councilor to the Parliament Guillaume de La Mamye, then Pierre de La Mamye. The most interesting parts of the hotel are visible in the inner courtyard. On the north side, a high wall, probably from N. de La Mamye, and therefore from the second quarter of
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Landmarks in Paris


This article presents the main landmarks in the city of Paris within administrative limits, divided by its 20 arrondissements. Landmarks located in the suburbs of Paris, outside of its administrative limits, while within the metropolitan area are not included in this article. The 1st arrondissement forms much of the historic centre of Paris. Place Vendôme is famous for its deluxe hotels such as Hôtel Ritz, The Westin Paris – Vendôme, Hôtel de Toulouse (headquarters of "Banque de France"), Hôtel du Petit-Bourbon, Hôtel Meurice,
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Le Capitole (train)


Le Capitole (alternatively written Capitole) was an express train between Paris and Toulouse in France. Introduced in 1960, it was operated by the "Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français" ("French National Railway Corporation") (SNCF). It was also the SNCF’s first foray into high-speed commercial service above . The train was named after the Capitole de Toulouse, a mainly 18th century building in Toulouse that houses the Hôtel de Ville, the Théâtre du Capitole (opera house), and the Donjon
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Hôtel de Guénégaud


de la nature. It is served by the Arts et Métiers and Filles du Calvaire Metro stations. On the site of the present day Hôtel des Monnaies (1768), the Hôtel de Nevers (on the quai de Nevers, just east of the Tour de Nesle) was purchased in 1646 by Henri de Guénégaud and transformed by the architect François Mansart into the Hôtel de Guénégaud in 1648–1652. The rue Guénégaud was created on the garden side of the hôtel. In 1670 ownership of this Hôtel de Guénégaud was transferred to one
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec


, with Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin. In a 2005 auction at Christie's auction house, "La Blanchisseuse", his early painting of a young laundress, sold for US$22.4 million and set a new record for the artist for a price at auction. Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was born at the Hôtel du Bosc in Albi, Tarn, in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France, the firstborn child of Alphonse Charles "Comte" de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa
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Hôtel de Boisgelin (Rue de Varenne, Paris)


The Hôtel de Boisgelin, a.k.a. Hôtel de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville, is a hôtel particulier in Paris, France. It houses the Italian embassy in France. It has been listed since 1926 as a "monument historique" by the French Ministry of Culture. The Hôtel de Boisgelin is located at 47-49 on the Rue de Varenne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The hôtel particulier as built in 1732 for Gérard Heusch de Janvry, a Secretary to the King of France. It was designed by French architect Jean
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Hôtel de Grimaldi-Régusse


The Hôtel de Grimaldi-Régusse is a listed hôtel particulier in the Aix-en-Provence of France. It is located at 26, rue de l'Opéra in Aix-en-Provence, in the Villeneuve quarter. It was designed by architects Pierre Puget (1620-1694) and Thomas Veyrier for Charles de Grimaldi-Régusse (1612-1687) in 1680. The facade was designed by architect Laurent Vallon (1652-1724). The ceiling in a drawing-room was painted by Sébastien Barras (1653-
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rooftop of the Hôtel, singing Protestant hymns to their departing fellows. With only the gate of Villeneuve being seen as a safe passage through the city walls, and with the number of Protestant refugees so large and progressing so slowly (due to carrying possessions and family members), the exodus from Toulouse lasted throughout Saturday night and all the way past eight p.m. Sunday night. As that Sunday was Pentecost, the Reformed Church members within the Hôtel de Ville held a Lord's Supper service and with prayers and tears began leaving its
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Hôtel de Crozat


The Hôtel de Crozat, later the Hôtel de Choiseul, was a Parisian "hôtel particulier", constructed in 1704 to the designs of the French architect for the rich banker and art collector Pierre Crozat. It was located on the west side of the rue de Richelieu, south of its intersection with the Grand Boulevard (near today's 101 rue de Richelieu in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris). The Duke of Choiseul acquired the "hôtel" in 1750. The street facade was of modest width, but the property widened
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Hôtel de Guénégaud


Hôtel de Guénégaud refers to one of several 17th-century hôtels particulier, or large townhouses, in Paris. At 60, rue des Archives in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, this Hôtel de Guénégaud was built between 1651 and 1655 for Jean-François de Guénégaud des Brosses, secrétaire du Roi, maître des Comptes and conseiller d'État, by François Mansart (the only hôtel particulier this architect built to have fully survived). It now houses the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature and the Club de la chasse et
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Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques


The Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It is located at 19, Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence. The widow of Jacques Arbaud purchased the left-side Hôtel de Valbelle-Meyrargues in 1695 and her son André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676-1744) purchased the right-side Hôtel de Séguiran some time later. They were converted in one hôtel particulier in 1732: the hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques by the architect Jean-Baptiste Franque (1683-
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Hôtel de Chevreuse


The former Hôtel de Chevreuse (later known as the Hôtel de Luynes) was a Parisian "hôtel particulier" located at 33 Rue Saint-Dominique (on a site that now includes part of the Boulevard Saint-Germain), just south of the Église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin. The Hôtel de Chevreuse was constructed in 1660 for Marie de Rohan, Duchess of Chevreuse, by the architect Pierre Le Muet, whose designs were engraved by Jean Marot and published in the "Grand Marot" in 1686. Le Muet's
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Bourbon-Penthièvre


the only heir of his father, the comte de Toulouse, from whom he inherited the Hôtel de Toulouse in Paris, and the Château de Rambouillet. The death of his son, the prince de Lamballe, in 1768, had left the duc de Penthièvre with no male heir and, as a result, his daughter, Mlle de Penthièvre, was his sole heiress. Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon was first known as "Mademoiselle d'Ivoy", then "Mademoiselle de Penthièvre". In April 1769, she married her distant
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Joseph Parrocel


also landscapes, historical pieces and religious works, such as "The temptation of St. Peter in the desert" (1694). He also produced paintings for the church "Notre-Dame des Victoires", the Hôtel de Soubise and the Hôtel de Toulouse, all in Paris. In 1700 he painted "The Fair at Bezons", a precursor of the "fêtes galantes" of Antoine Watteau. He was also one of the first to paint hunting scenes. His differed from his contemporary academician Adam Frans van der Meulen
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Félix de Lapersonne


Félix de Lapersonne (29 September 1853, Toulouse – 4 July 1937) was a French ophthalmologist. Born in Toulouse, he served as interne and "chef de clinique" (i.e. residency) under Photinos Panas (1832–1903) in the ophthalmology clinic at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. In 1890 he was appointed professor of ophthalmology to the faculty at Lille, serving as dean until 1901. Afterwards, he returned to Paris, where he worked as professor of clinical ophthalmology. He was a member of the Académie de Médecine
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Hôtel de Boysson-Cheverry


The Hotel de Boysson-Cheverry is a mansion located at N° 11 rue Malcousinat, in the historic center of Toulouse. Built in the second half of the 15th century for an enriched merchant, Huc de Boysson, it was remodeled and considerably enlarged during the following century by another merchant Jean de Cheverry. It is a listed historical monument since 1928. In 1458, a ruined house already belongs to Huc de Boysson, draper, woad merchant, but also a money changer, originally from Aubin and settled in Toulouse in
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Jean Marie, Duke of Châteauvillain


Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Châteauvillain (17 July 1748 – 19 May 1755 ) was a French Duke and nobleman. He died in Paris at the age of 6. He was the "duc de Châteauvillain" from birth. Jean Marie was born in Paris at the Hôtel de Toulouse, Parisian townhouse of the fabulously wealthy Duke of Penthièvre. Penthièvre was the only legitimate son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, "Count of Toulouse" and in turn the illegitimate son of Louis XIV of France and Madame de Montespan.
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Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans


France's last king, Louis Philippe I, King of the French. She was sister-in-law to "the princesse de Lamballe", and was the last member of the "Bourbon-Penthièvre" family. Marie-Adélaïde was born on 13 March 1753 at the Hôtel de Toulouse, the family residence in Paris since 1712, when her grandfather, Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse, bought it from Louis Phélypeaux de La Vrillière. Her mother died in childbirth the following year. Styled "
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Hôpital de La Grave


The Hôpital de La Grave is a hospital situated in the Saint-Cyprien quartier of Toulouse in Southwest France on the left bank of the Garonne. Taking up six hectares (three times the size of the Hôtel-Dieu), La Grave was the second largest hospital establishment and primary maternal care center of Toulouse during much of the 20th century until the CHU of Rangueil was built. It is named for the sandy bank (Standard ) of the Garonne where it was built. The original "Hôpital de La Grave" was
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Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau


Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (1544/47–1590) was a French architect who designed the Pont Neuf (1579), spanning the Seine, Paris, and became supervisor of the royal works under Henri III and Henri IV, including the Louvre. Several "hôtels particuliers" are ascribed to him. The Hôtel d'Angoulême, the Hôtel de Lamoignon (1584), which houses the Historical Library of the City of Paris, and the Hôtel de Mayenne (rue St-Antoine in the Marais). The Hôtel de Mayenne, with rhythmically
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Hôtel de la Marine


The hôtel de la Marine (also known as the hôtel du Garde-Meuble) is a historic building on place de la Concorde in Paris, to the east of rue Royale. It was built between 1757 and 1774 on what was then known as "place Louis XV", with a façade by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, "First Architect to the King" and designer of the square. The identical building to its west now houses the hôtel de Crillon. The construction was led by Jacques-Germain Soufflot. Its
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Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse


December 1737. He was buried in the village 12th century Saint-Lubin church. On 30 September 1766, the countess died at the Hôtel de Toulouse, the Parisian mansion not far from the Louvre which the count had bought from Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière, in 1712. She too was buried in the family crypt in the Rambouillet church. Upon the count's death, the duc de Penthièvre, succeeded his father in his posts and titles. Because of the marriage of "Mademoisellle de Penthièvre" to Louis Philippe
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were viewed as convinced Calvinists. Fully purged, the Parlement issued decrees to counter the planned insurrection by requesting additional military assistance from Anne de Joyeuse to garrison strategic locations in the city including fortifying the Hôtel de Ville. They also discussed how to ban Reformed Church services within the walls of Toulouse. Becoming aware of Parlement's discussions, the consistory and other notable Reformed Church members of Toulouse quickly held their own meeting. The consistory made up of city notables urged caution hoping to prevent armed strife. The captains wanted to consider practical
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Hôtel Tubeuf


The Hôtel Tubeuf or Hôtel Duret-de-Chevry is a "hôtel particulier" located at 8 Rue des Petits Champs in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. It was built in 1635 to the designs of the French architect Jean Thiriot for , president of the . It was unfinished, when in 1641 it was purchased by the financier Jacques Tubeuf, who sold it to Cardinal Mazarin in 1649. The latter expanded it and combined it with adjacent "hôtels", creating the Palais Mazarin, which in 1721 became the Bibliothèque du
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Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe


-law at the Hôtel de Toulouse by saying that she had never lived there, but at the Tuileries or the Hôtel Louvois. When the carrier of the head, Charlat, entered an alehouse, leaving the head outside, one agent, Pointel, took the head and had it interred at the cemetery near the Hospital of the Quinze Vingts. While the procession of the head is not questioned, the reports regarding the treatment of her body has been questioned. Five citizens of the local section in Paris, Hervelin, Quervelle
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Hôtel de Simiane


The Hôtel de Simiane (a.k.a. "Hôtel de Grignan Simiane") is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It is located at number 17 on the "Rue Goyrand" in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence. It was designed by architect Thomas Lainée (1682-1739) in the seventeenth century. It includes wallpapers by Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789). It has three stories. Outside, it has a fountain with a fountain. It was the private residence of Françoise
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Hôtel de Castries


The Hôtel de Castries Hôtel particulier in Paris, located in the 7th arrondissement, at 72 rue de Varenne. Dating from the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century, it was profoundly transformed by the Duke of Castries between 1843 and 1863, under the architects Joseph-Antoine Froelicher and François Clément Joseph Parent. The hôtel was originally built around the end of the 17th century by Jean Dufour, seigneur de Nogent. Typical of residences of this time, it had a courtyard forming a perfect square and two wings
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Hôtel de Ville, Paris


, a Gothic church tower in a square 150 metres to the west of the Hôtel de Ville. The architects rebuilt the interior of the Hôtel de Ville within the stone shell that had survived the fire. While the rebuilt Hôtel de Ville from the outside appeared to be a copy of the 16th-century French Renaissance building that stood before 1871, the new interior was based on an entirely new design, with ceremonial rooms lavishly decorated in the 1880s style. The central ceremonial doors under the clock are flanked by allegorical figures of
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escalated into killing). Though the Reformed Church had appeared later in Toulouse than in other provincial capitals (such as Lyon or Rouen), by 1561 they were holding their conventicles close to the Hôtel de Ville in the expensive homes of some of Toulouse's leading citizens. In the events leading up to the riots and during the riots themselves, there was a strong reaction by Catholics against anyone singing the Psalms in French. In the late 1530s Clément Marot had translated the Psalms into French and set them to popular music.
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Hôtel de Charost


Hôtel de Charost is a hôtel particulier located at 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. Since 1814, it has been the official residence of the ambassador of the United Kingdom to France. It is located near the Élysée Palace. The "hôtel" was built in the 1720s for Armand de Bethune, 2nd Duke of Charost, a senior courtier of Louis XV. It was designed by Antoine Mazin, the king's own architect. The building was sited on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which was
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Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moissac


The Hôtel d'Esmivy de Moissac (a.k.a. Hôtel de Villars) is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It is located on the corner of the Cours Mirabeau and the Avenue Victor Hugo, in the centre of Aix-en-Provence. Its exact address is 4, Cours Mirabeau. Construction began in 1710. In 1757, its facade was designed by French architect Georges Vallon (1688-1767), who designed many other buildings in Aix, including the
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. The plan would go into effect on May 17 with one of the goals being the strategic seizure of the Hôtel de Ville. Whether Lanta was ever able to coordinate with Reformed Church members within Toulouse remains unknown, but he did begin to levy troops throughout the villages around his country estate (including Blagnac, Colomiers, and Seilh). Lanata's return and his suspicious activities did not go unnoticed by agents of Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de Montluc the Catholic military lieutenant in Gascony. Montluc forwarded his suspicions to
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Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel


led to a tourist boom and in 1861 a railway line was opened between Montreux and Villeneuve, calling at Territet. In 1875 a dining hall was added to the building and two years later Ami Chessex chose the architect Louis Maillard (later joined by Eugène Jost) to build the Grand Hôtel beside the hôtel des Alpes. The two buildings were linked by a corridor and soon formed a single structure. Among the Hôtel's many notable guests were Elisabeth of Bavaria, who visited four times, and Francis Joseph I of Austria in
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Hôtel de Soubise


Dukes of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. It was the birthplace of the last Duke, Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise, the son of Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, Duchess of Alençon. He died in 1675 and the Guise estate passed to Marie de Lorraine who died at the Hôtel in 1688 having been born there in 1615. On March 27, 1700, François de Rohan, prince de Soubise bought the Hôtel de Clisson, lately de Guise, and asked the architect Pierre-Alexis Delamair to remodel
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Pierre Levesville


work of restoration of the Toulouse cathedral earned him to be called as expert on 24 November 1614 by the Judge Mage of the Présidial of Nîmes to give his opinion on the work carried out at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Castor de Nîmes. After receiving the report of the appointed experts and having received 360 livres for his session, Levesville left Nîmes on 3 January 1615 for Toulouse, where he had to complete the work he had been doing at the arsenal of the Hôtel-de-ville,
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Musée des Archives Nationales


The Hôtel de Soubise was first built in 1371 as the Hôtel de Clisson and later acquired by the Ducs de Guise. In 1705, it was rebuilt by architect Pierre-Alexis Delamair (1676–1745) for François de Rohan-Soubise and Anne-de Rohan Chabot, with little remaining of the original structure but its turreted medieval gateway which is now the only surviving remnant of Parisian private architecture from the 14th century (see image). The adjoining Hôtel de Rohan was built at the same time. In 1808 both buildings were
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Hôtel d'Estrées


The Hôtel d'Estrées is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, at 79 rue de Grenelle in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is the residence of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to France. It was designed by Robert de Cotte, architect of King Louis XIV, and built between 1711 and 1713 for Madeleine-Diane de Bautru de Vaubrun, the Duchesse d'Estrées (1668-1753). After belonging to several owners, it was purchased by the Russian government in 1863 and became the Russian Embassy
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Hôtel Maurel de Pontevès


The Hôtel Maurel de Pontevès (a.k.a. Hôtel d'Espagnet) is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The hotel is located at 38 on the Cours Mirabeau in the centre of Aix-en-Provence. The hotel was one of the first hotels to be built in the Quartier Mazarin. Its construction started in 1647, and it was only completed four years later, in 1651. It was designed by architects Jean Lombard and Pierre Pavillon. They combined the architectural
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Hôtel de Chimay


This "hôtel" was constructed in 1635 by the entrepreneurs Simon Delespine (d.1680), Martial Baret and Jean Péronne for Macé I Bertrand de La Bazinière, a royal treasurer. Between 1653 and 1658, the hôtel was modified to the designs of the famous François Mansart. Some of the interior work was carried out by Charles Le Brun, then the protégé of Nicolas Fouquet. It was around 1658, that the building was the subject of an engraving by the architect Jean Marot. During 1665, the hôtel was the home
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Hôtel de Caumont


The Hôtel de Caumont is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It is located at 1 rue Joseph Cabassol, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence. It was designed by architects Robert de Cotte (1656–1735) and Georges Vallon (1688-1767), and built from 1715 to 1742 for François Rolland de Réauville de Tertulle, the Marquess of Cabannes. Sculptors Jean-Baptiste Rambot and Bernard Toro designed the atlas. Inside, the entrance has an indoor fountain, with two sets of
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Hôtel de Massa


The Hôtel de Massa is an 18th-century "hôtel particulier", or large townhouse, at 38 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was originally located on the avenue des Champs-Élysées and was moved in 1929 to its present location, in a park beside the gardens of the Paris Observatory. Classified as a historical monument, it has since been occupied by the Société des gens de lettres. The neoclassical hotel was built between 1777 to 1778 by architect Jean-Baptiste Le Boursier
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Hôtel de Boisgelin (Aix-en-Provence)


The Hôtel de Boisgelin is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It is located at number 11 on the rue du Quatre Septembre, on the Place des Quatre Dauphins, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence. It was designed by architects Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670) and Jean-Claude Rambot (1621-1694), and built for Louis Le Blanc de Montespin in 1650. In 1697, it was purchased by Pierre-Joseph Laurens-Brue. That year, he commissioned
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Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo


The Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo is a palace style Belle Époque in the heart of Monaco on the French Riviera . It belongs to the Société des bains de mer de Monaco. It was built in 1890 and 1896 the architect Nicolas Marquet with the participation of Gustave Eiffel. The Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo is overlooking the Monaco Harbor and the Mediterranean Sea . It is classified as Monument. It is part of the elite palaces in Monaco with the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, the Monte-Carlo Beach and Monte-
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Hôtel Biron


The Hôtel Biron is an "hôtel particulier" located at 77 rue de Varenne, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, that was built from 1727 to 1732 to the designs of the architect Jean Aubert. Since 1919 it has housed the Musée Rodin, dedicated to the work of Auguste Rodin. The hôtel was built for a financier, Abraham Peyrenc de Moras, who had speculated successfully in the ill-fated paper money schemes of John Law that had ruined many, at a time when the Faubourg Saint-Germain was still
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Hôtel de Sully


"hôtel", completed and fully furnished, on 23 February 1634. He completed the redecoration of the building, and spent his last years living there. His grandson Maximilien commissioned architects, most probably Simon Lambert and François Le Vau, to build an additional wing in 1660, to the west of the garden. The "hôtel de Sully" still bears the name of this family, who owned the building into the 18th century. The "hôtel" then passed through the hands of various owners, becoming an investment property
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Hôtel de Forbin


The Hôtel de Forbin is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. It is located at 20, Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence. It was designed by architect Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670) in 1656. It was built for César de Milan, who served as a legal advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence. In 1672, it went to the Forbin family thanks to a marriage. Pauline Bonaparte (1780–1825) was a visitor in 1807, as was Joseph Fouché (
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Charles Juste de Beauvau, Prince of Craon


his bed at the height of the Reign of Terror. The maréchal de Beauvau, died at the "hôtel de Beauvau", his Parisian residence on the Place Beauvau, named after him. The hôtel was built by the architect Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières around 1770 for Charles Juste. The hôtel de Beauvau has housed the Ministry of the Interior since 1861. He owned the Château du Val at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a property later acquired by Benjamin Franklin. His nephew Marc Étienne Gabriel de Beauvau (
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Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé


The Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé is a hôtel particulier, a kind of large townhouse of France, at 12 rue Monsieur, 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was built for Louise Adélaïde de Bourbon by architect Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. In 1780 the twenty-three-year-old unmarried daughter of the Prince of Condé, Louise Adélaïde, also known as Mademoiselle de Condé, requested permission to leave the convent of Panthémont, where she had been educated, to live in the world. To suit her station in life a
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Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond


"architecte du Roi", he made a set of presentation drawings, dated 1699, for the famous cascade and basin with its "jet d'eau" at royal Saint-Cloud constructed several "hôtels particuliers" in Paris, notably the hôtel de Clermont, rue de Varenne, and the hôtel de Vendôme, rue d'Enfer (today boulevard Saint-Michel). As theoretician and illustrator of architecture, Le Blond produced the second (1710) and third (1720) editions of the "Cours d'architecture de Vignole" translated with
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Marianne Dujardin


from 1725 to 1726. She directed the theater of Metz (1729-1731), and travelled to Avignon (1731), Bayonne (1733), Toulouse and Montauban (1734), and finally to Marseille (1734-1736). In 1735, Dujardin received permission to build a new, open theater hall in the garden of the Hôtel de Ville of Bordeaux. Afterwards, she found herself in Bayonne (1736-1737), Avignon (1738), and Toulouse (1737). She returned to Marseille
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Hôtel de Soissons


The Hôtel de Soissons was a "hôtel particulier" (grand house) built in Paris, France, between 1574 and 1584 for Catherine de' Medici (1519–89) by the architect Jean Bullant (1515–78). It replaced a series of earlier buildings on the same site. After Catherine's death the hotel was enlarged and embellished. The last owner, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, installed the Paris Bourse in the gardens, He was forced to sell it in 1740 to pay his debts. It was demolished
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Hôtel de Crillon


French state. The eastern building, Hôtel de la Marine, housed the headquarters of the French Navy until 2015. The western building that would become the Hôtel de Crillon was first occupied by Louis Marie Augustin, Duke of Aurmont, a famous patron of the arts. The building was further enhanced by its second owner, the architect Louis-François Trouard, who had the Salon de Aigles built in 1775. On 6 February 1778, the building was the venue where the newly founded United States and France signed their first treaties
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Hôtel de Pourtalès


The Hôtel de Pourtalès is a historic "hôtel particulier", a type of large townhouse of France, at 7 rue Tronchet in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed by architect Félix Duban and built in 1839 for James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, a Swiss-born banker and art collector. It has been listed as an official historical monument since September 17, 2002. The building is now operated as a luxurious apartment hotel. In October 2016, reality TV personality Kim Kardashian said that she was held at gunpoint
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the Quartier Latin in Paris ten years later." Despite the growing opposition, the Reformed Church members within the Hôtel de Ville were, due to force of arms (which included a cannon), able to hold off the growing opposition. On Friday, May 15, frustrated by the standoff, the Catholic leadership attempted to both dislodge the Reformed Church members, remove cover for any escape route, and end street fighting in that area by setting fire to all Protestant homes in the Saint-Georges quarter (where the Hôtel
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Palais Rohan, Strasbourg


of the municipal architect Joseph Massol, who also worked on the Hôtel de Hanau and the Hôtel de Klinglin during the early years of the project. Massol was assisted by the architects Laurent Gourlade and Étienne LeChevalier. The sculptures, including statues as well as reliefs, were provided by Robert Le Lorrain, assisted by Johann August Nahl, Gaspard Pollet, and Laurent Leprince, and the paintings by and . The ébéniste Bernard Kocke and the ironworkers and locksmiths Jean-François Agon and his son Antoine Agon worked on the furnishings of the
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History of Paris


It was designed by his favourite Italian architect, Domenico da Cortona, who also designed the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley for the king. The Hôtel de Ville was not finished until 1628. Cortona also designed the first Renaissance church in Paris, the church of Saint-Eustache (1532) by covering a Gothic structure with flamboyant Renaissance detail and decoration. The first Renaissance house in Paris was the Hôtel Carnavalet, begun in 1545. It was modelled after the Grand Ferrare, a mansion in Fontainbleau designed by Italian architect
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Hôtel Guimard


Marie-Madeleine Guimard was a ballerina at the Paris Opera and earned 600 Francs per year. She made her fortune as mistress of the Prince de Soubise and had a hôtel particulier, or mansion, in Pantin, a Paris suburb. It boasted its own theater. Her home, at 9, rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin was designed by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux in the neoclassical style, and built in the years 1770 to 1773. The Hôtel Guimard was nicknamed "Terpsichore temple" in reference to Mlle Guimard (
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Hôtel de Beauvais


The Hôtel de Beauvais is a hôtel particulier, a kind of large townhouse of France, at 68 rue Francois-Miron, 4th arrondissement, Paris. Until 1865 rue Francois-Miron formed part of the historic rue Saint Antoine and as such was part of the ceremonial route into Paris from the east. The Hotel was built by the royal architect Antoine Le Pautre for Catherine Beauvais in 1657. It is an example of eclectic French baroque architecture. Catherine Beauvais was the first lady to Anne of Austria, and was rumored to
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for pillage. Toulouse's Reformed community sought safety by invading and taking over the town hall, the Hôtel de Ville, thus creating a standoff. At first the canons of the cathedral Saint-Etienne stalled any resolution by telling the Parlement that there was nothing serious occurring, but when news of homes being ransacked reached them, a group of parlement judges and capitouls tried to appease the mob by appearing in their red robes of authority. The Catholic mob threw stones and took gun shots at the capitouls while the judges withdrew to
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was taken, even though only two capitouls were known Reformed members, two had no known previous association with Protestantism (though it is always possible that they converted on the job), and the others were viewed as firm Catholics (but ones who favored moderation and peace). The Parlement bypassed the normal election procedure and appointed a new slate of capitouls, all of whom were staunchly Catholic and at least two of which were members of Toulouse's Catholic "syndicat". While the Hôtel de Ville was held by Reformed Church
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Antoine Rivalz


friends with other artists such as Carlo Maratta, Luigi Garzi and Benedetto Luti, and was more and more in demand for commissions from families in both Rome and Toulouse. In 1703, he returned to Toulouse and was made painter of the city's hôtel de ville, a post he held until his death. Supported by an important studio, he received a large number of commissions - commemorative paintings, paintings of ordinance and armour, architectural projects, restorations. This post, however, allowed him above all to forge productive relations
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Henri de Guénégaud


Henri de Guénégaud purchased the old Hôtel de Nevers on the quai de Nevers (just east of the Tour de Nesle), and commissioned the architect François Mansart to transform it into the Hôtel de Guénégaud in 1648–1652. He was the elder son of Gabriel Guénégaud, Lord of the Plessis-Belleville (died 1638), and Marie La Croix, Dame du Plessis-Belleville (died 1655). In 1642 he married Elizabeth (Isabel), daughter of the Maréchal Charles de Choiseul, Marquis de Praslin. Their children included
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Hôtel d'Assézat


" ("courtyard") influenced by Italian manierism and by classicism. The use of brick is typical of Toulouse. The Hôtel now belongs to the City of Toulouse and was restored in the 1980s. Two sides of the courtyard have a three-level elevation superimposing the three classical orders (Ionic order, Doric order, Corinthian order); It takes up the hierarchy of orders established by the treatise of Serlio. The imposing tower of staircase at the corner rises high enough to be visible in the distance. With the
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bands of students. The Protestants, while woefully outnumbered, were far better armed, having been successfully sneaking weapons and ammunition into the city since the burial riot. They had also confiscated the arsenal at the Hôtel de Ville which included a great number of pikes, armor, arquebuses and cannon. Urban warfare gripped Toulouse and events quickly descended into chaos. Protestants made use of buildings with overhangs as platforms for musketeers and stone-throwers, they also used their own homes to connect their forces between streets. Catholics often negated these
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Hôtel de Sully


, between 1624 and 1630, for the wealthy financier Mesme Gallet. The building is usually attributed to the architect Jean Androuet du Cerceau. The site was chosen to give access to the Place Royale - today the Place des Vosges. The Marais was then an especially fashionable area for the high nobility ; the construction of the "hôtel de Sully" fits in a larger movement of monumental building in this part of Paris. Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and former Superintendent of Finances to King Henri IV, purchased the
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Hôtel d'Estrées


. Both Czar Alexander II of Russia and his grandson, Nicholas II, stayed in the residence when they visited Paris. In 1977 the Russian Embassy was moved to another building, and the Hotel became the residence of the Ambassador. It is now classified as a historic monument of France. The Hôtel d'Estrées was designed by the architect Robert de Cotte (1656-1735), and was built between 1711 and 1713 for Madeleine-Diane de Bautru de Vaubrun, the duchess of Estrées. Robert De Cotte was the brother-
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Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe


affairs, leaving them to Madame Adélaïde. She supported the Dowager Princess de Lamballe as a suitable candidate for that purpose and was supported by the powerful Noailles family. However, the Princess de Lamballe was not willing to encourage the match herself and her former father-in-law, the Duke of Penthievré, was not willing to consent so the marriage plan never materialized. She lived at the Hôtel de Toulouse in Paris and at the Château de Rambouillet. On 4 January 1769, there was an announcement of the marriage of
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Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe


Louis Alexandre de Bourbon (Louis Alexandre Joseph Stanislas; 6 September 1747 – 6 May 1768) was the son and heir of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, grandson of Louis XIV by the king's legitimised son, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon. He was known as the "Prince of Lamballe" from birth. He pre-deceased his father, and died childless. "Louis Alexandre" was born on 6 September 1747, at the Hôtel de Toulouse (now the seat of the "Banque de France", in the
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these types of Catholic buildings, including large monasteries belonging to the Dominican and Franciscan Observantists orders. Monks captured in these raids were taken to the Hôtel de Ville and held prisoner. Among the fiercest fighters were university students of either denomination. The students were well prepared for guerrilla tactics and street fighting. They were more deadly than even the nobility's armored mounted cavalry forces whose horse-mounted tactics did not transfer well to the narrow streets of Toulouse and whose armor became cumbersome. Much of the violence, especially that performed by
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Armand Gaston Maximilien de Rohan


Armand de Rohan (Armand Gaston Maximilien; 26 June 1674 – 19 July 1749) was a French churchman and politician. He became bishop of Strasbourg in 1704, Cardinal in 1712 then Grand Almoner of France in 1713 and member of the regency council in 1722. He constructed the Hôtel de Rohan next to the present day Hôtel de Soubise in which his father lived, employing his father's architect, Pierre-Alexis Delamair. The prince de Rohan was elected a member of the Académie des Inscriptions in 1701 and of the Académie
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Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature


, astonishing, strange and eclectic". The museum was founded in 1964 by wealthy French industrialist rugmaker François Sommer (1904-1973) and his wife Jacqueline, who were avid hunters and conservationists. It is operated by the Fondation de la Maison de la Chasse et de la Nature, which the couple also founded. The museum is housed within the Hôtel de Guénégaud (1651-1655), the only private mansion designed by architect François Mansart that still exists. Since 2002, it is also housed in the Hôtel de
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Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris


The Hôtel des Monnaies is an 18th-century building located at 11 Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, which has housed the Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint) since its construction. It is considered a prime example of pre-Revolutionary French Neoclassical architecture. The building is the masterwork of the architect Jacques Denis Antoine (1733–1801), who in 1765 bested Étienne-Louis Boullée and François Dominique Barreau de Chefdeville in a competition to design it. Though it was his first major civic project his design later
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Alphonse de Gisors


promoted to Architecte in 1824. Early in his career he used the classical style of Percier, designing fire stations, theatres, town halls, and other public buildings in Paris and the provinces. Around 1828 he designed the Hôtel de la Préfecture and the Hôtel de Ville in Ajaccio, Corsica. His major work was an extension of Salomon de Brosse's Palais du Luxembourg between 1836 and 1841, when he added a garden-side wing parallel to the original "corps de logis" and a wood-panelled Chamber of Sessions
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Hôtel de Lauzun


-keeper grown rich from his trade and richer still, according to a pamphleteer, through speculations enabled by his title as general commissioner of cavalry during the civil disorders of the Fronde. Gruyn des Bordes had purchased the lot in 1641, but by the time he was prepared to build, he had new neighbours in the Île Saint-Louis to emulate, namely, the Hôtel Lambert de Thorigny. His new wife, Geneviève de Mony, hastened the completion of the house, completed in 1657 or 1658. The architect was
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