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The Launay Hotel is a mansion built in the early seventeenth century for Daniel de Launay, king's adviser. Located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, it is located in the enclosure of the former Saint-Pol hotel. Its architecture includes a main house on street, raised from a ground floor and three floors, as well as two wings in return: the right wing, dedicated to the communes, and the left wing, reserved for housing with painted ceilings. The gate and windows, adorned with diamond-pointed frontons, reflect the classical style of the era.

Over the centuries, the hotel changes hands and uses. In 1660 he belonged to Raymond Ardier, master of petitions and brother of Paul II Ardier. In 1779 he was acquired by Amelot, a member of Parliament, who abandoned him in 1792 to emigrate. Confiscated during the Revolution, he served as a house of arrest in 1793. From 1886, the site was transformed by a faucets company, before being renovated and converted into housing in the 1990s, after its acquisition in 1990.

The Launay hotel has been listed in the Historical Monuments Inventory since 9 August 1995. Its history thus blends aristocratic heritage, revolutionary upheavals and industrial adaptations, while preserving remarkable architectural elements such as its iron staircase or interior decorations. Today, it belongs to a private company and is not open to the public.

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