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Hotel Bonnet de la Beaume in Aix-en-Provence dans les Bouches-du-Rhône

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Hotel particulier classé
Bouches-du-Rhône

Hotel Bonnet de la Beaume in Aix-en-Provence

    2-2Bis Rue Goyrand
    13100 Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel Bonnet de la Beaume à Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel Bonnet de la Beaume à Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel Bonnet de la Beaume à Aix-en-Provence
Crédit photo : Le Passant - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1786
Construction begins
1789
Hotel completion
1790 (environ)
Exile and death of the owner
1800 (XIXe siècle)
Change of owners
1990
Historical monument classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The hotel, including the fence walls, the courtyard, the garden, the pavilions, the buildings of the communes and the gate (cad. AE 192, 193): by order of 8 June 1990

Key figures

Joseph Philippe Bonnet de la Baume - Adviser to the Parliament of Provence Hotel commander, died in 1790.
Joseph Routier - Architect or contractor Designer of the hotel in 1786.
Jean-Gaspard Goyrand - Doctor and surgeon Occupying in the 19th century, the same name as the street.
Général Miollis - Subsequent owner Acquirer after the Revolution.

Origin and history

Hotel Bonnet de la Beaume, also called Bonnet de la Baume, is a private hotel located at 2-2bis rue Goyrand and 6 rue Frédéric Mistral in Aix-en-Provence. Built in 1786 by architect Joseph Routier for Joseph Philippe Bonnet de la Baume, adviser to the Parliament of Provence, it replaces the former Hôtel de la Monnaie. Completed in 1789, his owner could never profit from it, forced into exile by revolutionary unrest, and he died on the scaffold in Lyon.

The Louis XVI style hotel features a sober and classic façade. It is organized around a calade courtyard and a private garden, accessible by a monumental gate. The stairwell, with its wrought iron ramp, is a masterpiece of the time. The property changed hands in the 19th century, including the doctor Jean-Gaspard Goyrand, whose name was given to the street.

Ranked a historic monument in 1990, the hotel remains a private property but is open to the public daily. Its homogeneous architecture, restored by its owners, makes it a remarkable example of the Aixian aristocratic habitat of the late eighteenth century.

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