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Hôtel de Vendôme


The Hôtel de Vendôme is a hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, designed by Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond and completed in 1707. Hôtel de Vendôme is the main relic of what once was the most popular convent in Paris, the Chartreuse de Vauvert; founded by Saint-Louis and famous for its vineyard called the "Clos de la Forge", on the location of which the School now stands. From 1706 to 1707, the Carthusians, under Le Blond's superintendence had a great house built
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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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Hôtel de Vendôme


at the expense of Antoine de La Porte, canon of Notre-Dame (despite the legend, the architect was not Courtonne, but Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, 1679-1719. The Hotel was rented in 1714 by the Dowager Duchess of Vendôme who had it modified to its present condition two years later by Le Blond. The Duchess was the widow of Louis Joseph de Bourbon - the famous military general and great grandson of Gabrielle d'Estrées; she was also the youngest grandchild of "le Grand Condé". The
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Bassenheimer Hof


was built near the Osteiner Hof. The architect had been particularly impressed, during his studies in Paris, by the Place Vendôme and Hôtel de Torcy (Hôtel de Beauharnais), with their formal statements and their elegant construction, reflecting the baroque French style. In 1792 Mainz was invaded and occupied by Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, at which time the clergy and nobility portion of the town's populace fled for safety. By 1835 the Bassenheimer Hof had been sold to the military government, and was converted into a barracks
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Hôtel Ritz Paris


the end of the reign of Louis XIV. The façade was designed by the royal architect Mansart in the late 17th century before the plot was bought and construction began in 1705. The Hôtel Ritz comprises the Vendôme and the Cambon buildings with rooms overlooking the Place Vendôme, and, on the opposite side, the hotel's garden. The Ritz was among the first hotels in Europe to provide a bathroom "en suite", a telephone and electricity for each room. The Hôtel Ritz Paris is 4 floors high, including the
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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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des Comptes on a prestige parcel of land, meant since 1664 for a "hôtel du gouvernement". However the Duke of Vendôme, the Governor to whom the parcel was given, finally preferred the isolation of the faubourg des Cordeliers, where he built his Pavillon Vendôme. The façade was completed in 1757, for the duke of Villars, by Georges Vallon : its four columns, surrounding a monumental entrance, were (with those of the Hôtel de Ville and University) the only ones that encroached on municipal space - the
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is the Arab World Institute, Musée Curie, Hotel des Trois Colleges, Jardin des Plantes, Musée national du Moyen Âge, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle Paris Mosque, Paris Observatory, Sainte-Geneviève Library, and Théâtre de la Huchette. The 6th arrondissement, to the south of the centre and Seine has numerous hotels and restaurants and also educational institutions. Hotels located in the district include Hôtel Au Manoir Saint Germain des Prés, Hôtel de Chimay, Hôtel de Vendôme, Hôtel des Monnaies, Hôtel Lutetia, and L'Hôtel, cafés
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Place Vendôme


side of the rue de la Paix that the centre of the Parisian fashionable life started gravitating around the rue de la Paix and the place Vendôme. Hôtels particuliers on the Place Vendôme: The place Vendôme has been renowned for its fashionable and deluxe hotels such as the Ritz. Many famous dress designers have had their salons in the square. The only two remaining are the shirtmaker Charvet, at number 28, whose store has been on the place Vendôme since 1877, and the couturier Chéruit, at number 21, reestablished in 2008
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Germain Boffrand


Orangerie of Palace of Versailles and in Paris at Place Vendôme, where Boffrand was among the draughtsmen responsible for the first designs (from 1686) and for the Convent of the Capucins, Hôtel de Vendôme From 1693 he was less employed and in 1699 he left the Bâtiments du Roi to commence work, at first in Lorraine and in the Netherlands, then after his return to Paris in 1709, for a distinguished private clientele in Paris, well disposed towards his audacious innovations, such as the oval forecourt of the Hôtel Amelot de
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Paris in the Belle Époque


. The Grand Hôtel du Louvre, built for the universal exposition of 1855, opened that same year. The Grand Hôtel on the Boulevard des Capucines opened in 1862. More luxury hotels appeared near the train stations and in the city center during the "Belle Époque"; the Hôtel Continental opened in 1878 on the Rue de Rivoli on the site of the old Ministry of Finance, which had been burned by the Paris Commune. The Hôtel Ritz on the Place Vendôme opened in 1898, and the Hôtel de Crillon on the
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Jean-Claude Rambot


Jean-Claude Rambot (1621–1694) was a French sculptor and architect. Jean-Claude Rambot was born in 1621 in Franche-Comté. He became a renowned sculptor and architect in Aix-en-Provence. As a sculptor, he designed the Fontaine des Quatre-Dauphins in 1667, a fountain listed as a monument historique since 1905. He also designed the Atlas of the Pavillon Vendôme. Additionally, he designed the Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques, located at 19 Cours Mirabeau and listed since 1990, in 1670. He
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Palais Bourbon


, poetry and theology; a panorama of all the aspects of civilization. Despite the new construction, the Chamber of Deputies was still desperately short of space for meeting rooms and offices. The President of the Parliament lived far from the Palace - first on rue de Lille, then on Place Vendôme; and the Duke of Bourbon still occupied the west wing of the Palais. The Chamber purchased the west wing of the Palace in 1830, and the Hôtel de Lassay in 1843. Joly once again was the architect chosen to redo
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Rue de la Paix, Paris


The rue de la Paix () is a fashionable shopping street in the center of Paris. Located in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, running north from Place Vendôme and ending at the Opéra Garnier, it is best known for its jewellers, such as the shop opened by Cartier in 1898. Charles Frederick Worth was the first to open a couture house in the rue de la Paix. Many buildings on the street are inspired in design by the hôtels particuliers of Place Vendôme. The street was opened in 1806 from Place Vendôme
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Marie Anne de Bourbon, Duchess of Vendôme


de Bourbon, comte d'Eu. Two days after the marriage, Vendôme left his wife at Sceaux to retire to the château d'Anet. He left her the title and estates of the dukedom of Étampes. When she died, it went to her niece, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, princess of Conti. The marriage remained childless. Louis Joseph died in 1712. In 1714 Marie Anne began improvements and extensions to the Hôtel de Vendôme in Paris, where she died in 1718, aged 40. She was buried in the Carmelite Convent
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquess of Torcy


of Fleury, convened an occasional political discussion group in the entresol of his apartment in Place Vendôme. There in sociable surroundings, sharing the gossip and news Colbert de Torcy debated contemporary events in a sympathetic circle and like others, doubtless read aloud and elicited comment upon the political writings. The architect Germain Boffrand had built a series of "hôtels particuliers" in the new district, the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and Colbert de Torcy purchased one as a semi-finished shell, 14 November 1715, which he finished as a
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Louise Chéruit


formerly Mr. Raudnitz and Co."). The next year, 1906, the fashion house with its more than 100 employees became her own, and was rechristened "Chéruit." The salon occupied the distinguished hôtel de Fontpertuis on Place Vendôme, built in the 17th century by Pierre Bullet. Louise Cheruit commissioned an architect to expand the premises to serve her growing clientele. By 1910 Mme. Chéruit was one of the most celebrated designers in Paris, the unveiling of her latest collections closely followed by the press, her image drawn
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Paris


and the Paris Exposition of 1855 brought the first flood of tourists and the first modern grand hotels; the Hôtel du Louvre (now an antiques marketplace) in 1855; the Grand Hotel (now the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel) in 1862; and the Hôtel Continental in 1878. The Hôtel Ritz on Place Vendôme opened in 1898, followed by the Hôtel Crillon in an 18th-century building on the Place de la Concorde in 1909; the Hotel Bristol on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1925; and the
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Hôtel de Sens


of many renowned prelate, such as Antoine Duprat, Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme, Louis de Lorraine, Nicolas de Pellevé (who died in the "hôtel") or Jacques Davy Duperron. Margaret of Valois also lived there in 1605 and 1606, and her decision to cut a fig tree ("figuier") in front of the building is said to have inspired the name of the street, "rue du Figuier". In 1622, Paris became an archdiocese. The archbishops of Sens lost the major part of
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Hôtel Ritz Paris


comedy "How to Steal a Million"). The Place Vendôme was started by the Marquis de Louvois and abandoned due to a lack of funds. After Louvois' death the site was bought by king Louis XIV but finances ran low and the project was bought and completed by John Law. Lot number 15, Place Vendôme site was purchased in 1705 by Antoine Bitaut de Vaillé, advisor to the Grand Council, nominee of Jeanne Baillet de La Cour, widow of Nicolas Baillet de La Cour and acting on behalf of his
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Robert de Cotte


, was the Chapel, completed in 1710; there the decorative designs were actually the work of Pierre Lepautre, whom Fiske Kimball characterized as the "father of the Rococo". De Cotte, with ever-widening responsibilities at Court, was also occupied with projects in Paris. His name is inscribed on the first draft for the final project for Place Vendôme (1699). De Cotte was responsible for the Hôtel de Pontchartrain (Chancellerie, 1703); his team was busy building "hôtels particuliers" in Paris, notably
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Warwick Hotels and Resorts


of the Hôtel Warwick Champs-Elysées in Paris (Warwick Paris), France, located just off the famous Parisian avenue, Avenue des Champs-Elysées. Other European acquisitions during the early years include: the Warwick Brussels (formerly Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place) in Brussels, Belgium, the Hôtel Westminster in Paris, located on Rue de la Paix between Place Vendôme and the Palais Garnier opera house, and the Hôtel Warwick Geneva (Warwick Geneva) in Geneva, Switzerland. In North America, the Warwick Denver hotel in
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The Westin Paris – Vendôme


The Westin Paris – Vendôme, at 3 rue de Castiglione on the corner of the rue de Rivoli, facing the Tuileries Garden opened in April 1878 as the Hôtel Continental, It was designed by Charles Garnier's son-in-law Henri Blondel and was intended to be the most luxurious hotel in Paris at the time. It occupied a full block, the former premises of the Ministry of Finance, (burned in 1871) which had been designed by François-Hippolyte Destailleur in 1817, following the Bourbon Restoration. During
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Place Vendôme


square was formerly the hôtel of César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, the illegitimate son of Henry IV and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. Hardouin-Mansart bought the building and its gardens, with the idea of converting it into building lots as a profitable speculation. The plan did not materialize, and Louis XIV's Minister of Finance, Louvois, purchased the piece of ground, with the object of building a square, modelled on the successful place des Vosges of the previous century. Louvois came into financial difficulties and nothing came
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Marie Anne de Bourbon (1697–1741)


was known as "Mademoiselle de Clermont". The fourth daughter and the fifth child of her parents, she shared her name with her eldest sister, Marie Anne Éléonore. She was born at the Hôtel de Condé in Paris and was baptised there on 29 August 1700. Marie Anne also shared her name with an aunt, Marie Anne, who became the Duchess of Vendôme after her marriage to Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme in 1710. Marie Anne was said to have been the fruit of her mother's affair with François
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Mines ParisTech


on March 19, 1783, the first school of Mines was located in the Hôtel de la Monnaie, in Paris. The school disappeared at the beginning of the French Revolution but was re-established by decree of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, the 13th Messidor Year II. It moved to Savoie, after a decree of the consuls the 23rd Pluviôse Year X (1802). After the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, the school moved to the "Hôtel de Vendôme" (in the 6th arrondissement near Paris'
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Culture of Paris


(World's Fairs). Of the most luxurious of these, the Hôtel Ritz, appeared in the Place Vendôme from 1898, and the Hôtel de Crillon opened its doors on the north side of the place de la Concorde from 1909. Le Cordon Bleu, a prestigious culinary and hospitality training institution, opened in Paris in 1895, and now has 35 schools located around the world. Disneyland Resort Paris is a major tourist attraction not only for visitors to Paris but for visitors to the rest of Europe as well, with
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Republic of Texas


structure in the city. Conversely, the Republic of Texas embassy in Paris was located in what is now the "Hôtel de Vendôme", adjacent to the Place Vendôme in Paris's 2e arrondissement. The Republic also received diplomatic recognition from Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Yucatán. The United Kingdom never granted official recognition of Texas due to its own friendly relations with Mexico, but admitted Texian goods into British ports on their own terms. In London, immediately opposite the gates to St. James's Palace, Sam
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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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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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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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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 Le Bristol Paris


has now become known as a mecca for luxury goods. In 1923, Hippolyte Jammet purchased the property of Julles de Castellane on the Faubourg. Jammet’s mission was to transform this mansion into one of the most luxurious hotels. The name "Hôtel Le Bristol", which had been familiar in Place Vendôme from the mid-19th century until World War I, derives originally from the Bishop Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, famous for his high demand for luxury when he travelled on the Continent during the 18th century. Hotel
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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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Architecture of Paris


by the brief Paris rule of the Paris Commune (March–May 1871). In the final days of the Commune, as the French Army recaptured the city, the Communards pulled down the column in Place Vendôme and burned a number of Paris landmarks, including the 16th-century Tuileries Palace, the 17th-century Hôtel de Ville, the Ministry of Justice, the Cour des Comptes, the Conseil d'Etat, the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, the Ministry of Finance, and others. The interior of the Tuileries Palace
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Paris in the 18th century


new squares and public buildings; the "Collège des Quatre-Nations" (1662–1672); the "Pont Royal" in 1685, and in the same year began construction of two new monumental squares: "Place des Victoires" and "Place Louis le Grand", (now "Place Vendôme"). He also began the "Hôtel des Invalides" (1671–1678), a residence and hospital for wounded soldiers. In 1699, a monumental equestrian statue of the King was dedicated in the center of the "place
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Paris during the Bourbon Restoration


gas; a bathhouse on rue de Chartres and a café near the Hôtel de Ville, which boldly took the name "Café du gas hydrogène." The first four municipal gas lamps were illuminated on the place du Carrousel on 1 January 1829, along with twelve more on the rue de Rivoli. The experiment was judged a success, a design for a lamppost was selected and gas lamps appeared the same year on rue de la Paix, place Vendôme, rue de l'Odeon and rue de Castiglione. Before the arrival of the
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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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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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Robert de Cotte


du Maine; demolished) and the Hôtel de Bourvallais, Place Vendôme, now the Ministry of Justice. Outside France, de Cotte's team was commissioned for projects to be completed on site by local craftsmen. In Bonn, his team was extensively employed by the Elector of Cologne, for the design of his rural Poppelsdorf Palace (from 1715) and interior remodeling (1716–1717) of his urban Electoral Palace. The decoration of the Cabinet des Glâces in the latter palace followed designs by Oppenord that featured reverse curves and garlands applied
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Historical quarters of Paris


. Place Vendôme, home to the famous Hôtel Ritz, is the centre of the luxury jewellery trade in Paris. There are also many major banks and offices in this area. Place de la Concorde, to the western end of the Louvre's Jardin des Tuileries, is a major stop for tourists (for its vista, fountains and Egyptian obelisk) and a panoramic introduction to the Champs-Élysées that begins at its western extremity. Paris' most touristic avenue with commerce along its entire length between the rond-point des
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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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Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon


inherited the Hôtel de Vendôme in Paris, where she died in 1718 from alcoholism. Both the Maines doted on their children. Their daughter, who would remain close to her mother until her death, was baptised at Versailles on 9 April 1714. "Mademoiselle du Maine" was given the name of her paternal aunt Louise Françoise de Bourbon, known at court as "Madame la Duchesse". "Madame la Duchesse" had grown up with Maine under the care of Madame de Maintenon. The guest of honour at the baptism
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Abraham Peyrenc de Moras


which stands today in the Place Vendôme. Judging the habitation unworthy of himself, M. de Moras decided to have built another. He wanted to show off his magnificence in front of the old Nobility and to dazzle them with his Luxury, a revenge of the upstart. He therefore purchased large tracts of land at the end of the rue de Varennes, in a new practically empty neighborhood far from the noise of Paris, near the hôtel des Invalides. It was an uneven terrain filled in from old sandpits.. The choice of
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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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Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon


Hôtel de Brienne, present seat of the French Ministry of Defence. Louise Élisabeth was the Duchess of Étampes in her own right, having succeeded to the title at the death of her aunt, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Dowager Duchess of Vendôme. The county of Sancerre, previously held by her brother, Louis Henri I, Prince of Condé, also became her property in 1740 at his death. Louise Élisabeth was born on 22 November 1693, at the Palace of Versailles. As a member of the House of Bourbon-
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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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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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Emmanuel Théodose de La Tour d'Auvergne (1668–1730)


included two famous generals, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme and Prince Eugene of Savoy as well as his paternal cousins like Emmanuel Maurice, Duke of Elbeuf and Henri, Duke of Elbeuf. His older brother Louis Charles de La Tour d'Auvergne was the Prince of Turenne but died in the Battle of Steenkerque. Prior to being the Prince of Turenne (heir to the duchy of Bouillon) he was the Duke of Albret. He married Marie Armande de La Trémoille on 1 February 1696 in the chapel of the Hôtel de Crequi,
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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 de Vendôme


Dowager Duchess who died in 1718 killed by alcoholism, is probably no prestige sponsor for the residence, better illustrated by the family "de Chaulnes" who dwelt there from 1733 to 1758. In particular by Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly (1714-1769), Duke of Chaulnes. Member of the Academy of Sciences, he devoted his life to physics, and in particular to optics (Chaulnes's method, for measuring refraction indices) and measurement instruments; like all scientists of the time, he was interested in the sciences of
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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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Marie Anne de Bourbon, Duchess of Vendôme


de Montmorency", a style derived from one of her grandfather's titles. Her father, the Duke of Bourbon and First Prince of the Blood, was the eldest surviving son of the "Grand Condé". Her siblings were: Marie Anne was born and lived at the Hôtel de Condé, Paris, where her father was abusive to her as well as her mother, Anne Henriette of Bavaria. He frequently beat them. Marie Anne was among the last of her many siblings to marry. In 1704, her father
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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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Pavillon Vendôme


The Pavillon Vendôme is a historic pavilion surrounded by a French formal garden located 32 rue Celony in Aix-en-Provence, France. It was built by architect Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670) between 1665 and 1667. It was commissioned by for Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612-1669) as a place where he could take his lover, Lucrèce de Forbin Solliès, also known as "la Belle du Canet". He died in the house on August 6, 1669. Later, it was owned by
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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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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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Augustin Blondel de Gagny


, for 601 "livres"; there were several other violins as well. In 1759 he took up residence in his late father's "hôtel particulier" in Place Louis le Grand (Place Vendôme). There his collection of paintings and works of art was among the most visited and commented upon in Paris, after those of the princes. He had made his first public purchases at the sale of the comtesse de Verrue, 1737. By 1745 his place among the most selective collectors was well established: when the "
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Jacques Seligmann


his brother Arnold, there was a split in the company: Arnold continued to manage the Place Vendôme site as Arnold Seligmann & Cie. while Seligmann consolidated his activities at the Hôtel de Monaco and, in 1912, opened a new Paris office at 9 Rue de la Paix. In 1914, Seligmann opened a new office and gallery on New York's Fifth Avenue and incorporated his company in the State of New York. The same year, while in Paris, he was successful in buying a large part of Sir Richard Wallace
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Place Vendôme


During the Paris Commune in 1871, the painter Gustave Courbet, president of the Federation of Artists and elected member of the Commune, who had previously expressed his dismay that this monument to war was located on the rue de la Paix, proposed that the column be disassembled and preserved at the Hôtel des Invalides. Courbet argued that: His project as proposed was not adopted, though on 12 April 1871 legislation was passed authorizing the dismantling of the imperial symbol. When the column was taken down on 16 May its bronze plates were
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François-Joseph Bélanger


de Laborde, 1784–86. He designed interiors for the Hôtel Baudart de Saint-James, 12 Place Vendôme, and influenced garden designs of the epoch. He supervised the workshop supported by the connoisseur Louis-Marie-Augustin, duc d'Aumont, that produced hardstone and porphyry vases, pedestals, and tabletops, which were mounted with gilt-bronze ornaments to his designs. The late duc d'Aumont's collection was dispersed at auction, 1782: among the purchasers was the Queen. He died at Paris in 1818. He was married
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César Ritz


; he was always either just arriving from or departing upon a new journey". In 1896, he formed the Ritz Hotel syndicate with South African millionaire Alfred Beit, reputedly the wealthiest man in the world at the time. They opened what would become the celebrated Hôtel Ritz in the Place Vendôme, Paris, late in 1898. At the inauguration, on 1 June 1898, were many figures of the European elite, including Lady de Grey, the Duke and Duchess de Rohan, Calouste Gulbenkian, and Marcel Proust. He
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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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List of art dealers


as well as exhibition catalogues on Hopi potter Iris Nampeyo and other Hopi art, and has guest curated museum shows in several cities. German-born Seligmann (1858–1923) moved to Paris in 1874 where he set up an antiquarian business in 1880. Benefiting from the interest of clients such as Edmond de Rothschild, he moved to the Place Vendôme in 1900 and in 1904 opened an office in New York. In 1909, he acquired the Hôtel de Monaco in Paris where he was able to impress his more important clients such as
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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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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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Place Vendôme


down and melted down to provide the bronze for the recast equestrian statue of Henry IV on the Pont Neuf (as was bronze from sculptures on the Column of the Grande Armée at Boulogne-sur-Mer), though the statuette of Victory is still to be seen in the salon Napoléon of the Hôtel des Monnaies (which also contains a model of the column and a likeness of Napoleon's face copied from his death mask). A replacement statue of Napoléon in modern dress (a tricorn hat, boots and a redingote
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Felix Yusupov


the British officers noted that Irina "appeared shy and retiring at first, but it was only necessary to take a little notice of her pretty, small daughter to break through her reserve and discover that she was also very charming and spoke fluent English." From Malta, they travelled to Italy and then to Paris. In Italy, lacking a visa, he bribed the officials with diamonds. In Paris, they stayed a few days in Hôtel de Vendôme before they went on to London. In 1920, they returned to
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Jean-Baptiste Lepère


Jean-Baptiste Lepère (December 1, 1761 – July 16, 1844) was a French architect, father-in-law of the architect Jacques Hittorff. He was the designer of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church, Paris, largely revised by Hittorf during its protracted execution, and one of the architects who worked on raising the colonne Vendôme. Lepère was one of the many members of the "Commission des Sciences et des Arts" taken by Bonaparte on his Egyptian Expedition. While there, Lepère also produced
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Hotel Chevalier


Kléber, two blocks south-southwest of the Arc de Triomphe. The Hôtel Raphael had previously been used as a setting for the films "Love in Paris" (1996) and "Place Vendôme" (1998). It was shot by a crew of 15 in Panavision and used props from Anderson's apartment. Filming took two and a half days, and editing (done on Anderson's computer) another week. Despite his use of a wardrobe from prestigious fashion designer Marc Jacobs and a handmade suitcase from Louis Vuitton
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Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia


, lacking a visa, Felix bribed the officials with diamonds. In Paris, they stayed a few days in Hôtel de Vendôme before they went on to London. In 1920, they returned to Paris and bought a house on the Rue Gutenberg in Boulogne-sur-Seine, where they lived most of their lives. They founded a short-lived couture house called Irfé, which took its name from the first two letters of the names Irina and Felix. Irina modeled some of the dresses. The Yusupovs became renowned in
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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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Place Vendôme


millions of dollars. With no way to pay such an amount, he was forced to sell the property he owned on the square. The buyers were members of the exiled Condé branch of the House of Bourbon who later returned to the country to reclaim their land in the town of Vendôme itself. Between 1720 and 1797, they acquired much of the square, including a freehold to parts of the site on which the Hôtel Ritz Paris now stands and in which they still maintain apartments. Their intention to restore a family palace
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The Westin Paris – Vendôme


the first World War the hotel was used as a military hospital by the French. The Hôtel Continental remained the largest hotel in Paris for decades; the Russian Grand Dukes habitually stayed there; at the Liberation of Paris, bedsheets were hung from its windows as cheerful flags of surrender. The hotel was renamed the Inter-Continental Paris in 1969, and then became The Westin Paris in 2005, adding the suffix Vendôme to its name in 2010. The hotel was sold by Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC to London-
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Hôtel de Gantès


Trenet, Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Tino Rossi, Jean Cocteau, and Darius Milhaud. Most notably, Paul Cézanne often spent three hours talking to his friend Émile Zola there before dinner. By 1910, Henri Dobler (1863-1941), who owned the Pavillon Vendôme, described the ground floor as "very run down" due to the presence of the cafe; however, it was later refurnished. In the 1960s, banking heir Rupert Hambro became friends with Picasso in this cafe. More recently,
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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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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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François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort


François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 15 June 1669) was the son of César de Vendôme and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent figure in the Fronde, and later went on to fight in the Mediterranean. He is sometimes called "François de Vendôme", though he was born into the House of Bourbon, Vendôme coming from his father's title of Duke of Vendôme. In March 1665 he led a small fleet which defeated a small Algerian fleet near the Goletta, Tunisia (Action
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