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  6. Hotel Azémar, also known as Hôtel de Beaumont or Hôtel de Teste

Hotel Azémar, also known as Hôtel de Beaumont or Hôtel de Teste à Avignon dans le Vaucluse

Hotel Azémar, also known as Hôtel de Beaumont or Hôtel de Teste

    14 Bis Rue de la Croix
    84000 Avignon
Private property
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Photo de Hotel Azémar, also known as Hôtel de Beaumont or Hôtel de Teste
Crédit photo : Marianne Casamance - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1618-1619
Richelieu stay
1685
Unification of houses
1730
Litigation and transfer of passage
après 1740
Major construction by Joseph de Teste
1790s
Exile of the owner during the Revolution
14 décembre 1992
Historical monument classification
2013
Legs to the city of Avignon
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Façades and roofs on street, courtyard and garden; garden floor and walls; fountain backed by the wall of the back of the garden; caladized floor of the inner courtyard; large staircase and wrought iron ramp; small staircase and its wrought iron ramp; large living room, small living room and bedroom on street on the first floor and small study room on the second floor (Box DK 329): classification by order of 14 December 1992

Key figures

Armand du Plessis (futur cardinal de Richelieu) - Renter in 1618-1619 He wrote his Catechism of Luçon.
Jacques de Beaumont - Chanoine and original owner Rent the house in Richelieu.
Joseph-Dominique de Garcin - Owner in 1730 Solved the dispute over the passage.
Joseph de Teste - Sponsor of works (post-1740) Unified the facade, possible collaboration Franque.
Jean-Baptiste Franque - Hypothetical architect Unconfirmed attribution of plans.
Michèle Azémar - Last private owner Geneva hotel in Avignon in 2013.

Origin and history

Hotel Azémar, also known as Hôtel de Beaumont or Hôtel de Teste, is a private hotel located at 9-11 rue de la Croix in Avignon. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it resulted from the merger of two adjacent houses, initially separated by an impasse. The house of No. 9 belonged to Jacques de Beaumont, canon of the collegiate Saint-Pierre, and was rented in 1618 to Armand du Plessis, future cardinal of Richelieu, during his exile from Avignon. This stay, marked by the presence of his family and his secretary Michel le Masle, lasted almost a year and saw the writing of his Catechism of the diocese of Luçon.

In 1685, Julie de Cavaillon, widow of Philippe de Bertrand de Pélicier, acquired the house of No. 9 and united the two properties by an arch above the impasse. In 1730, a conflict between Joseph-Dominique de Garcin, then owner, and the chapter of Saint-Agricol concerning the property of the passage leading to the chapel Sainte-Croix. This dispute is resolved by the transfer of the passage to Garcin and the sale of the chapel at Mont-de-Piété. The unification of the facades and the major construction of the hotel were attributed to Joseph de Teste after 1740, although the involvement of the architect Jean-Baptiste Franque remained hypothetical, for lack of documents.

During the Revolution, the hotel was confiscated from François-Joseph de Teste, a refugee in Italy, before being recovered by his family in the 19th century. He then passed into the hands of doctors from Avignon, including Dr Azémar who restored him. Bequeathed to the city of Avignon in 2013 by Michèle Azémar, it is now being transformed into a contemporary art museum. Ranked a historic monument in 1992, it preserves remarkable elements such as its wrought iron stairs, 18th century salons and garden with fountain.

The history of the hotel is closely linked to notable figures, including Richelieu, whose stay in 1618-1619 remains a famous episode, and the families of Beaumont, Garcin, and Teste, who shaped its architectural and social identity. Its evolution reflects the political and cultural upheavals of Avignon, from the seventeenth century to the present day.

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