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The Hotel Desplats, also called Hotel Palaminy or Sipière, is a Toulouse mansion located at nos 43-45 rue des Tourneurs, with access to rue Peyras and Saint-Géraud impasse. Built in the early 17th century for Jean-Pierre Desplats, the mortar president of the Toulouse Parliament, it embodies a style of transition between late Renaissance and Baroque. The building passed to the family of Palaminy in the 18th century, before being profoundly transformed in 1848 by architect Louis Delor de Masbou for Mr.Sipière, who added a majestic neo-classical facade. Despite these changes, original elements, such as a shield hammered with Desplats weapons, remain in the courtyard.

The history of the site dates back to 1477, with a first Gothic hotel belonging to the Desplats family, lords of Gragnague. In the 16th century, he passed to the merchant Jean de Nolet, then to his descendants, before being bought in 1572 by N. Desplats, capitoul de Toulouse. In 1620 Jean-Pierre Desplats, son of Bernard, inherited the good and began his reconstruction between 1620 and 1622. The hotel remained in its progeny until the 18th century, passing by alliance to the Caulet, then to the Aymar de Palaminy in 1742. The latter expanded the estate in 1766 by acquiring the nearby hotel of Jean Massonnier.

In the 19th century, Mr. Sipière bought the hotel and entrusted the renovation to Louis Delor de Masbou, known for completing the dome of the Grave in 1845. The partial demolition of the old residence allows the construction of a neo-classical facade on the Rue des Tourneurs, while preserving some historical elements on the recommendation of archaeologist Alexandre Du Mège. In 1850, the hotel hosted the Édouard Privat bookshop, which republished the General History of Languedoc before leaving in 1903. Since 1889, one of its shops has housed Au Père Louis, one of Toulouse's oldest bistros.

The current architecture combines a large volume of Italian entrance, a mezzanine, and partially preserved interior decorations. The courtyard preserves a monumental gate adorned with a shield with the hammered arms of the Desplats, supported by heraldic lions and surrounded by symbols of the office of president with mortar (scanned hat, mortar, hermine coat). The windows of the second courtyard, on Peyras Street, keep their original arcades, while the facade on Rue des Tourneurs, sober and symmetrical, illustrates the neo-classical taste of the nineteenth century. The slabs of the 15th century staircase screw were reused to pave the vaulted entrance.

Partially classified as historical monuments in 1993 under two names ("Hotel Desplats or Palaminy" and "former Hotel Sipière"), the building protects its facades, roofs, porch, vestibule, staircase, cellars and decorated apartments on the first floor. Its history reflects the architectural and social changes of Toulouse, from the parliamentarians of the Ancien Régime to 19th century traders, urban transformations and issues of heritage preservation.

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