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The Hotel de Nervau, also known as Hotel de Nervaux or formerly Hotel de Méredieu, is a private hotel located in Périgueux, Dordogne, New Aquitaine. His origins date back to the Renaissance, when he was acquired by Jean de Motherdieu and his wife Jeanne de Simon, whose portraits and weapons still adorn the ceiling of the staircase. This Renaissance house was built on medieval remains, including vaulted cellars of the 12th and 13th centuries and a broken 14th century arch.

In the 18th century, the Renaissance structure was integrated into a larger building, whose main façade overlooks the rue du Plantier. After the Revolution, the hotel changed owners several times, including the families of Malet de Lafarge and then of Nervaux, who gave him his current name. In 1968 it was acquired by the Ribadeau-Dumas family. His Renaissance staircase, decorated with bas-reliefs depicting biblical scenes and portraits, was inscribed in historical monuments in 1970.

The hotel's architecture reveals traces of its successive transformations. The facade on garden has a slight advance and a polygonal turret, while the south face retains a door in third point of the 14th century. The ceiling of the first floor, divided into carved boxes, illustrates religious and symbolic motifs, such as the salamander of Francis I. Although private property, this hotel bears witness to the architectural and social evolution of Périgueux throughout the centuries.

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