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The Hotel d'Asfeldt is a private hotel located on Place des Vosges in Paris, in the 4th arrondissement. It occupies a central position on the east side of the square, between the Ribault and Clermont-Tonnerre hotels. Its exact address is the 16 Place des Vosges, in an emblematic district of the capital, marked by the classical architecture of the early seventeenth century.

The hotel dates back to the first decades of the seventeenth century, reflecting the architectural style of the period. Several of its elements were protected as historical monuments: the door with consoles and the mascarons on the courtyard, as well as the staircase with its wrought iron ramp, were inscribed by order of 22 October 1953. Later, the façade on the square, the arched gallery (including the floor) and the roofs of the two sides of the building were classified by order of 16 August 1955.

The Place des Vosges, where the Hotel d'Asfeldt is located, is a homogeneous architectural complex built in the early seventeenth century during the reign of Henri IV. This place, originally called Place Royale, was intended for the aristocracy and the affluent bourgeoisie. The private hotels that border it, such as Asfeldt, illustrate the prestige and refinement of this period, with stone facades, arcades and interior courtyards organized according to a symmetrical plan.

No information is available in the sources concerning the original owners or architects of the Asfeldt hotel. The successive protections for historical monuments underline, however, the heritage importance of its architectural elements, such as carved mascarons, typical of the ornamentation of the period, or the wrought iron staircase, a witness to the artisanal know-how of the seventeenth century.

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