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Hôtel du 120 rue du Bac in Paris

Patrimoine classé
Maison des hommes et des femmes célèbres
Hotel particulier classé
Paris

Hôtel du 120 rue du Bac in Paris

    120 Rue du Bac
    75007 Paris

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
1713-1715
Construction of neighbouring hotel (No 118)
1838-1848
Chateaubriand Residence
10 mai 1926
Registration for historical monuments
Années 1950
Residence of Jean-Georges Rueff
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

François-René de Chateaubriand - Writer and politician Lived there and died there.
Claude-Nicolas Lepas-Dubuisson - Architect Designed the neighboring hotel (No 118).
Dupin et Toro - Sculptors Decorate the twin hotels.
Jean-Georges Rueff - Consul and collector Habita hotel in the 1950s.

Origin and history

The hotel at 120 rue du Bac is a private hotel located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, in the heart of a historic district. Built in the 17th century for a nobleman, it shares an identical architecture with the neighbouring hotel (no 118), known as Clermont-Tonnerre, built between 1713 and 1715 by architect Claude-Nicolas Lepas-Dubuisson. The two buildings, decorated by the sculptors Dupin and Toro, were confiscated during the Revolution before being sold in the early 19th century.

In the 19th century, the hotel welcomed notable figures such as François-René de Chateaubriand, who lived there from 1838 until his death on 4 July 1848. A commemorative plaque pays tribute to him today. Later, in the 1950s, the couple Jean-Georges Rueff (consul, collector and art merchant) and his wife Marie-Paule lived there. The hotel has been listed for historical monuments since 10 May 1926, highlighting its heritage importance.

Its history reflects the political and cultural upheavals of France, from the Ancien Régime to the contemporary era. The hotel also illustrates the role of Parisian private hotels as places of residence for the aristocracy, then for intellectual and artistic personalities. Its architecture and its occupants make it a privileged witness to the social and urban evolution of Paris.

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