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Hotel Guiran de la Brillanne, also known as Hotel de Rémusat, de Sallier, de Gassier or de la Panouse, is an Aixese mansion located at 10 rue Mignet, at the corner of Suffren Street. Built in the first half of the 18th century, it owes its name to Jean-Antoine de Guiran de la Brillanne, heir to the land and initiator of the works. When he died in 1732, his widow Jeanne Marie Madeleine des Isnards and their son completed the building in 1738, marked by the laying of the wrought iron gates of the balcony and the main gate.

The hotel changed hands several times after 1782: bought by Étienne Jean Baptiste Delahaye, then by the knight Jean-Jacques de Remusat in 1783, he passed in 1810 to François Sallier, former mayor of Aix-en-Provence (1802-1806). After the death of Antoine Brun de Barlemont in 1858, his nephews François Jules and Marie-Jeanne de Gassier inherited it until 1915. In 1928, Marie Hélène Béjot, widow of Count de la Panouse, became the last major owner before her partial transformation into an extension of the High School of Preachers in 1941.

On the architectural level, the hotel is distinguished by a Regency door decorated with a head of fauna and remarkable gypseries, including in the staircase, the living room and the boudoir. The latter houses a unique panel in Aix, in pumpkin style, attributed to Gilles-Paul Cauvet, decorator of the Count of Provence. The motifs incorporate Masonic symbols, reflecting the cultural influences of the era. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1987, the building was recently sold for conversion to housing.

The location of the hotel, close to the former convent of the Preachers, highlights its anchoring in the historical fabric of Aix. Its history reflects the social and architectural changes of Provence in the 18th century, between aristocratic heritages and urban adaptations. The successive transformations, from private residence to school use, illustrate the versatility of private hotels in preserving heritage.

Protected elements include the entire structure, which has been listed in the Historical Monuments Inventory since 1987 under the Cad reference. AD 109. Available sources (Wikipedia, Monumentum) confirm its exact address: 10 rue Mignet and 2 rue Suffren, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Today, despite its conversion into accommodation, the hotel remains a major testimony of Aixian civil architecture in the Great Century.

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