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The former Marquet de Bourgade, Heuzé de Vologer and Thibert des Martrais hotels form an architectural complex located in Place Vendôme, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. The hotel Thibert des Martrais (or hotel Paulze), built in 1712 by architect Robert de Cotte for Charles Icard, embodies the aristocratic residences of the early eighteenth century. A citizen of the Heuzé Hotel of Vologer (No. 4) and the Delpech Hotel of Chaumot (No. 8), it illustrates the prestigious urbanism of Place Vendôme, designed under Louis XIV to house the financial and political elite of the kingdom.

The hotel Thibert des Martrais changed several times from owners in the 18th century. Acquired in 1718 by the lawyer Jacques-Ennemond Thibert des Martrais, he passed in 1757 to Jacques Paulze, general farmer and stepfather of Antoine Lavoisier. During the Revolution, Jacques Paulze and Claire-Madeleine de Lambertye, wife of the owner of No. 4, were guillotined in 1794 for high treason. The two hotels were then reunited in 1842 under the name of Hotel du Rhin, a hotel establishment that welcomed the future Napoleon III in 1848 after his presidential election.

In the 20th century, the hotel du Rhin was sold in 1922 to André Millon, owner of several Parisian palaces, before being separated in 1934 after the liquidation of the Millon group. No. 6 became a report building, home to famous residents such as singer Henri Salvador (1962–2008), who lived there until his death. Today, the hotel is a private condominium: it houses the shop and museum of the Breguet House, as well as the Christian Dior Apartment on the first floor. Ranked at historical monuments in 1933 for its facades and roofs, it bears witness to the social and architectural evolution of Place Vendôme.

The Heuzé Hotel in Vologer (No. 4), less documented in the sources, is inseparable from the history of No. 6. Acquired by Nicolas Geoffroy de Villemain through the marriage with Claire-Madeleine de Lambertye, it was reunited with No. 6 under the property of Jacques-Liévin Van Caneghem (1798–42), then transformed into a furnished hotel. Their common destiny reflects the political and economic upheavals of France, from the Ancien Régime to modernity.

Place Vendôme, conceived as a symbol of royal power, became under the Revolution a place of spoliations and transformations. Private hotels, initially reserved for the aristocracy and the upper bourgeoisie, adapt to new uses (hotels, condominiums) while maintaining their prestige. Their protection as historical monuments in 1933 underscores their heritage value, between memory of the Enlightenment and adaptation to contemporary needs.

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