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The Hotel d'Alliès, located at 6-8 rue des Couteliers in Toulouse, is a private hotel built from 1666 for Marguerite de Cassaigneau, widow of the councillor at the Parliament Guillaume d'Aliès. The works, led by the masons Jean Laurens and Etienne Trulhé, as well as the carpenter Antoine Frère, were completed in 1669. The original building consisted of three building bodies organized around a courtyard, with a raised ground floor and a partly removed basement at a later stage. The classically inspired street façade is distinguished by its six spans, segment windows, and a doorway in the middle decorated with sculptures.

In 1760, major changes transformed the hotel: the south wing was added, closed by a roofed terrace building, while the north wing was raised. The staircase is moved from the south wing to the north wing, and the arcades on the ground floor are redesigned. These changes reflect the evolution of residential and aesthetic needs in the 18th century. The left span of the façade, slightly removed, is a posterior addition.

The posterior elevation leads to a main courtyard lined with two bodies of buildings with rectangular bays, surmounted by cornices with denticles. The south wing, opened by arcades on the ground floor, contrasts with the other wings by its roof terrace. Two secondary courses complete the whole north. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1993 for its facade and roof, the hotel bears witness to the Toulouse civil architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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