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The Rochegude hotel, located in Avignon in the Vaucluse, is a mansion built in the 3rd quarter of the 18th century. His history began around 1730, when Pierre Joseph Jacques de Robert (1700-1744), the future Marquis of Aquéria and seigneur of Rochegude, acquired a house belonging to the La Gratia family, introducing the manufacture of gold leather in Avignon from 1598. The house was rebuilt between 1732 and 1733, with a sober facade of nine windows on two floors, and a door decorated with a carved key representing a Fauna. The interior, including the gilded cabinet, is decorated by Thomas Lainée, a Parisian cabinetmaker installed in Avignon since 1714.

Pierre Joseph Jacques de Robert, first consul of Avignon in 1741, received the infant Don Philippe, Duke of Parma, who granted him the title of Marquis in 1742, a title confirmed by the Holy See. In the same year he became viguier of Comtat Venaissin. In 1743 he bought the seigneury of Rochegude for 150,000 pounds. The woodwork of the gilded cabinet, made by Woolée, is now preserved at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris after its acquisition in 1891.

The hotel has been partially protected since 1932: its facades, roofs and interior staircase with its wrought iron ramp are listed as historical monuments. The building, located at 4-6 rue des Trois-Faucons, illustrates the fascination of the aristocratic residences of the Avignonnais under the Ancien Régime, mixing local and Parisian influences. Its sober architecture contrasts with interior luxury, today partly dispersed in national collections.

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