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  6. Antoine Hotel in Aix-en-Provence

 Antoine Hotel in Aix-en-Provence dans les Bouches-du-Rhône

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Patrimoine urbain
Hotel particulier classé
Bouches-du-Rhône

Antoine Hotel in Aix-en-Provence

    18 Rue de l'Opéra
    13100 Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel dAntoine à Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel dAntoine à Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel dAntoine à Aix-en-Provence
Crédit photo : JM Campaner - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1650
Construction of hotel
janvier 1660
Stay of the Countess of Soissons
1680
Division and sale of the hotel
1762
Purchase by the Lestang-Parade family
15 septembre 1810
Birth of Louise Colet
1827
Passage of Charles X's giraffe
1929, 1980, 2004
Historic Monument Protections
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The hotel, excluding parts classified: registration by order of 25 March 1929 - The facades and roofs on street and courtyard, including the entrance gate on street, the ceiling painted with circular medallion of the large living room, and the ceiling with painted beams of a room on the first floor (Box AH 12): classification by decree of 1 December 1980 - The apartment of the west wing on the first floor giving to the south and west, in full, comprising all rooms numbered 1 to 10 with their decoration as well as the rooms intersected on three levels n°s 11, 12 and 13 of the Botton Plan, and the stairs serving them (see box). AH 12, lot 60 (formerly 14) : classification by order of 24 August 2004

Key figures

Jean-Louis Antoine - Sponsor and first owner Counsellor at the Court of Accounts of Provence.
Pierre Pavillon - Architect Co-designer of the hotel with Rambot.
Jean-Claude Rambot - Architect Co-author of hotel plans.
Olympe Mancini (comtesse de Soissons) - Host illustrated in 1660 Stay during the visit of Louis XIV.
Antoine Joseph de Lestang-Parade - Owner in the 18th century Patron and amateur of art.
Louise Colet - Writer born in the hotel 19th century literary figure.
Jean Daret - Painter assigned to ceiling Suspected author of Love and Folia.

Origin and history

Antoine's hotel, also called Hotel de Lestang-Parade, was built around 1650 by the Aixois architects Pierre Pavillon and Jean-Claude Rambot for Jean-Louis Antoine, adviser to the Court of Accounts of Provence. This monument illustrates the architectural development of Aix-en-Provence in the middle of the seventeenth century, a period marked by the influence of Versailian classicism. Its stone facade of Bibémus, adorned with doric and ionic pilasters, and its walled gate opening onto an inner courtyard make it an outstanding example of a Provencal mansion.

In January 1660, the hotel welcomed a prestigious host: the Countess of Soissons, Olympe Mancini, during Louis XIV's stay in Aix. This royal stay underlines the social and political importance of the place at the time. In 1680, the hotel was divided and sold to several owners, marking the beginning of a turbulent history. In the 18th century he passed into the hands of the Piolenc family and was acquired in 1762 by Antoine Joseph de Lestang-Parade, whose family, patron of the arts, frequented artists such as Granet and Clérian.

The building houses notable architectural and artistic elements, such as the large living room on the first floor, with a painted ceiling attributed to Jean Daret representing Love and Folie. This salon served as a worldly theatre in the 18th century, reflecting the aristocratic taste for arts and entertainment. The hotel is also linked to historical anecdotes: it saw the birth in 1810 of the writer Louise Colet, welcomed the direction of the post in the nineteenth century, and even housed the giraffe offered by the Pacha d'Egypt to Charles X in 1827, during his transit between Marseille and Paris.

Ranked as a historic monument in several stages (registration in 1929, rankings in 1980 and 2004), the Hotel d Its architecture, blending classical sobriety and refined decorations, makes it a major testimony of the 17th century Aixian heritage, while embodying the social and cultural transformations of Provence throughout the centuries.

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