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 Building called Hotel Montholon à Paris 1er dans Paris 2ème

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Paris

Building called Hotel Montholon

    23 Boulevard Poissonnière
    75002 Paris 2e Arrondissement
Hôtel de Montholon à Paris
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Crédit photo : Tangopaso - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1785
Construction of hotel
2 décembre 1851
Bombardment during the coup d'état
1868
Installation of Juliette Adam
1871-1887
Age of the Adam Fair
9 janvier 1926
Historical monument classification
23 mars 2015
Sale of a sketch of Soufflot
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Façade sur le boulevard et décoration du 18s du grand et du petite salon : inscription par décision du 9 janvier 1926

Key figures

François Soufflot le Romain - Architect Designer of the hotel in 1785.
Jean-Jacques Lequeu - Designer and architect Collaborator of Soufflot, interior decor.
Nicolas de Montholon - Sponsor (owner's spouse) President of the Normandy Parliament.
Juliette Adam - Trade fair and Republican Animated an influential salon (1871-1887).
Léon Gambetta - Politician Attended Juliette Adam's salon.
Jean-Baptiste-Claude Robin - Painter Author of the ceiling of the living room.

Origin and history

The Hôtel de Montholon is a private hotel built in 1785 in Paris, at 23 boulevard Poissonnière, in the 2nd arrondissement. Commanded by the wife of Nicolas de Montholon, president of the Normandy parliament, his design was entrusted to the architect François Soufflot le Romain, assisted by the cartoonist Jean-Jacques Lequeu. The latter, inspired by the Hotel Benoît de Sainte-Paulle (1773) of Samson-Nicolas Lenoir, imagined a receding facade decorated with colossal ionic pilasters, creating a terrace on the first floor to enjoy the greenery of the boulevard. The interior decoration, including furniture and living rooms, was designed in a "piranesian" style, while Jean-Baptiste-Claude Robin painted the ceiling of the company lounge, representing Thémis surrounded by the Force and the Genie des Lois.

In the 19th century, the hotel became a symbolic place of Republican resistance. Acquired by Charles Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, it was first used as a deposit for the carpet factories of Aubusson and Felletin. In the coup d'état of 2 December 1851, he was later occupied by Edmond Adam and Juliette Lamber (married in 1868), who founded an influential salon there. From 1871 to 1887, this exhibition welcomed political figures such as Léon Gambetta, before moving towards a circle of artists, writers (Pierre Loti, Léon Bonnat) and composers (Gounod), marking the cultural life of the Third Republic. Despite subsequent modifications (iron guard-body), the hotel remains a rare example of 18th century boulevard architecture, classified as a historic monument in 1926.

An original sketch of the show, designed by Soufflot in 1785, was auctioned in 2015 for 35 280 euros, reflecting the lasting heritage interest of this place. Today, a private property, the Hotel de Montholon retains a facade and interior decorations (large and small salons) protected, illustrating the fascist of pre-revolutionary aristocratic homes and their re-appropriation by Republican elites.

External links

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