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The Hotel de Mondragon is a Parisian mansion built between 1715 and 1723 as part of the urbanization of the district of Place Vendôme. Sponsored by Pierre Etienne Bourgeois de Boynes, treasurer general of the Royal Bank, his architect remains unknown. The building initially covered several parcels, including the current streets of Antin, Louis-le-Grand and Danielle-Casanova. He then passed into the hands of Duval de l'Epinoy, king's secretary, and became a condominium of the Duval families of Espinay and Mondragon in 1776.

During the French Revolution, the hotel was confiscated from the Marquis de Mondragon and converted into a city hall in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris. This is where Napoleon Bonaparte married Josephine de Beauharnais on 9 March 1796, an event commemorated by two plaques still visible today. The building also houses the marriages of Marmont Marshal (1798) and George Sand's parents (1804). Returned to the family of Mondragon in 1815 during the Restoration, he retained his municipal functions until 1835, under lease by the city of Paris.

In 1869, the hotel was purchased by the Bank of Paris and the Netherlands, which installed its headquarters there in 1872. The imperial wedding salon becomes the office of the president of the bank, decorated with rock woodwork and stuccos due to Noël Coypel and Sébastien II Le Clerc. There is still a bust of Josephine and a copy of the marriage certificate of 1829 (the original was destroyed in the Commune in 1871). Ranked a historic monument in 1926, the hotel now houses the headquarters of BNP Paribas.

The building is distinguished by its history linked to major events, such as Napoleon's marriage, and its preserved architecture. Interior decorations, including hazes and woodwork, bear witness to the 18th century's fascist. The ice, partially transferred to the Château de Saint-Cloud during the Revolution, and the commemorative plaques recall its prestigious past.

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