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The Galéans des Issarts Hotel rises in Avignon on the site of the old "delivered cardinalice d'Auxerre", occupied in the 14th century by Pierre de Cros, bishop of Auxerre, then by Jean Allarmet de Brogny, bishop of Viviers. This place, which had become the property of the Collège Saint-Nicolas d Two murders between the Galean and Baroncelli families in 1606 and 1612 marked its history before a reconciliation imposed by Rome.

In the 17th century, François de Galéans de Castellane, Marquis de Salerne, undertook a major reconstruction of the hotel. The plans were designed by architect Pierre II Mignard, adopting a classical arrangement between courtyard and garden. The mason Paul Rochas intervened in 1681, while Jean Péru built a large part after 1696 and erected orangery, accessible via an arch crossing Bertrand Street. The hotel later became the property of the Forbin-Janson by marriage until the 19th century.

The hotel welcomed personalities like Isabella Byron, Countess of Carlisle and mother of the viceroy of Ireland, about 1780. Occupied by the telegraph administration in 1857, it was classified as a historical monument in 1986, including orangery and garden floor. Its architecture, combining medieval heritage and classicism, reflects the social and political developments of Avignon, then under pontifical and then French influence.

The protected features include the former hotel with its honorary courtyard, orangery and garden, located at addresses 2-21 Bertrand Street, 3 rue du Four, and 19 rue de la Forêt. The sources, including the works of Joseph Girard and Pierre Lavedan, underline its importance in the Avignon heritage, linked to the history of private hotels in Comtat Venaissin.

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