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Origin and history

The hotel of Clermont, built between 1708 and 1714 by architect Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, was commissioned by the Marquise de Saissac, Jeanne Pélagie d'Albert de Luynes. Widow without a child, she inherited it until her death in 1756, leaving the good to his niece, the Duke of Luynes. In 1769 he sold it to Pierre Gaspard Marie Grimod d'Orsay, a collector who gathered art objects and had the hotel redecorated by Jean Augustin Renard.

In 1789 Grimod d'Orsay emigrated and the hotel was confiscated as a national property. After several changes of owners, including Jacques Juste Barbet de Jouy, who changed the gardens in 1837, it was acquired in 1838 by Rosalie Paulée, wife of Minister Tanneguy Duchatel. The architect Louis Visconti then restored it, adding a floor and a peristyle. Later transmitted to Eugène Aubry-Vitet, he was finally transferred to the state in 1948.

Since then, the Hotel de Clermont has housed institutions such as the High Court of Justice, the Atomic Energy Commission, and today the Ministry of Relations with Parliament. Ranked a historic monument in 1949 and then in 1980, it is distinguished by its wrought iron staircase, painted ceilings and woodwork from Marly Castle. Its 4,250 m2 and its 0.5 hectare garden make it a rare testimony to the 18th century Parisian architecture.

Future

It is currently the seat of the State Secretariat for Relations with Parliament.

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