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 Hotel de Seignelay in Paris à Paris 1er dans Paris 7ème

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Paris

Hotel de Seignelay in Paris

    80 Rue de Lille
    75007 Paris 7e Arrondissement
Hôtel de Seignelay à Paris
Hôtel de Seignelay à Paris
Hôtel de Seignelay à Paris
Hôtel de Seignelay à Paris
Crédit photo : Reinhardhauke - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
vers 1713
Construction by Boffrand
1718
Acquisition by Seignelay
1747
Sale to the Duke of Charost
1842
Exchange with Lauriston
1944
State confiscation
6 février 2022
A devastating fire
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The hotel of Seignelay in its entirety (hotel itself, fenced wall on street with its gate, commons and entrance pavilions, courtyard and garden with its fences), with the exception of the building raised in the 19th century forming the junction between the communes and the hotel itself, in accordance with the plan annexed to the decree, located 80 rue de Lille on plot 65 and appearing in the cadastre section AP: classification by order of 31 May 2018.

Key figures

Germain Boffrand - Architect Builder and first owner of the hotel.
Charles Léonor Colbert de Seignelay - Count, owner Grandson of Colbert, acquirer in 1718.
Armand Joseph de Béthune, duc de Charost - Benefactor owner Transform the hotel, imprisoned under the Terror.
Pierre Mouret - Architect decorator Responsible for the 18th century transformations.
Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet et Pierre Krings - Acquirers in 2019 Site project dedicated to entrepreneurs.

Origin and history

The Hotel de Seignelay is a private hotel built around 1713 by architect Germain Boffrand, on a strip of land along the Seine, in the current 7th arrondissement of Paris. Boffrand, who first owned it, sold it to Count Charles Léonor Colbert de Seignelay, grandson of the famous minister of Louis XIV. The hotel, similar in style to the nearby Beauharnais hotel, overlooks the rue de Lille (former rue de Bourbon) and extends to the Seine, with a garden bordering the current Anatole-France quay.

In 1718, the Count of Seignelay became his owner until his death in 1740. His heirs gave him in 1747 to Armand Joseph de Béthune, Duke of Charost, who partially transformed him and added decorations signed by architect Pierre Mouret. The Duke, known for his generosity, survived the Revolution despite imprisonment under the Terror. When he died in 1799, the hotel passed to his widow, then to his sister-in-law, before being sold in 1842 to the Marquis de Lauriston, who exchanged for another Parisian hotel.

In the 19th century, the hotel belonged to the Nicolai family for nearly a century, before being sold in 1938 to the German embassy, next to the Beauharnais hotel. Confiscated by the French State in 1944, it successively houses several ministries, including Agriculture (1951) and the Civil Service (2012). On sale in 2017, it was purchased in 2019 for 61 million euros by private investors, before being partially destroyed by a fire in February 2022, saving the Louis XVI boudoir.

Ranked a historic monument since 1952 for its woodwork and decorations, the hotel is distinguished by its monumental portal, its cobbled courtyard, and a garden of 1,200 m2 where a stele commemorates — wrongly, according to some historians — the dog of Marie-Antoinette. Its architecture, typical of the eighteenth century, includes a rock lounge and apartments in the entrance pavilions. After the fire of 2022, its restoration remains in progress, marking a new stage in its turbulent history.

Future

Confiscated by the state in 1944, like the neighbouring hotel of Beauharnais, the Hotel de Seignelay is then the seat of various ministries. In 2012, it became the seat of the Ministry of Public Service and then of Industry.

External links

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