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The Hotel de Rossan de Davayé is a private hotel built around 1652 in Mâcon by Brice Bauderon de Senecé, lawyer and lieutenant-general. Originally located at 8 rue de la Barre, in 1698 he passed to Pierre Desvignes de Davayé, the first mayor of Mâcon, through his marriage with Jeanne Bauderon. The building, then named Bauderon Hotel, became Davayé Hotel in 1713 after the acquisition of Rossan Castle by Pierre Desvignes.

Between the 18th and 19th centuries, the hotel underwent major changes. In the 18th century, archives reveal a trial between the Desvignes and the Cathedral of Saint Vincent, confirming the existence of an earlier building as early as the 14th century. In 1772–78, works modernized the building, followed by an interior redevelopment in the 19th century by Abel Jean Baptiste Desvignes, mayor of Mâcon and MP, who structured the levels (reception, housing, domestic) thanks to the allowances received after the Revolution.

The Desvignes family kept the hotel until 1880, despite revolutionary upheavals (partial confiscation, emigration from Abel Desvignes). The building, which was listed as a historic monument in 2016, has been the subject of restorations since the 2000s (lounges, stairs, garden). Its architecture combines a central body with four levels flanked by lateral wings, with a north entrance decorated with the Arms of the Desvignes. A garden, which has been undergoing rehabilitation since 2021, completes the whole.

The departmental archives of Saône-et-Loire preserve the family documents of the Desvignes, enlightening their local influence. The hotel, linked to Rossan Castle (Davayé), symbolizes the economic and political power of this dynasty, active in viticulture, justice and the town hall of Mâcon from the 17th to the 19th century. The sale of the hotel in 1880 marked the end of this era.

Today, the Rossan de Davayé hotel, located 4 rue Guichenon and 25 rue de la Barre, remains a rare testimony of the aristocratic Maconese habitat. Its interior decorations (directory style, Troubadour salon) and its original structure make it a key monument of Burgundy heritage, open to projects of valorisation (visits, events).

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