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The Hotel Labottière, also known as Maison Tivoli, is a private hotel built between 1770 and 1773 by architects Étienne and Jacques Laclotte for the brothers Jacques and Antoine Labottière, printers and publishers of Bordeaux. Located at 29 rue Labottiere in Bordeaux, it embodies 18th-century neoclassical architecture with a facade decorated with a triangular pediment and a French garden. Originally, it belonged to a printing family who also owned a bookshop at the Palace of Umbria.

During the Revolution, the ruined Labottier brothers sold the estate in 1795 after Antoine's death. The house then became a place of pleasure under the name of Maison Tivoli, operated by Mr.Lannefranque, a show entrepreneur, and then by Mr.Labille, who organized a country festival there in 1803. These events, led by the architect Dufort-Marionneau, temporarily transform the hotel into a high place of Bordeaux world life.

In the 19th century, the hotel changed hands several times: bought in 1857 by the Jesuits, who founded the Collège Saint-Joseph de Tivoli, it was partially destroyed by a fire in 1904. Between 1918 and 1931, he was occupied by Janine Lozes and the architect Pierre Ferret, who organized a fabulous festival there during the Crazy Years. Ferret then restores the hotel in accordance with its neoclassical style, while building another adjacent mansion, at 41 rue Durieu de Maisonneuve.

In 1940, during the Exodus, the hotel was requisitioned to house Montesquieu High School, whose premises were occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After belonging to the Suez group, it was acquired in 1996 by Bernard Magrez, businessman and patron, who restored it in 2011 to install the Bernard-Magrez Cultural Institute. The latter, dedicated to modern and contemporary art, specializes in street art.

The Labottière hotel has been protected under the Historic Monuments since 1935 (registration) and 1938 (classification of facades, roofs and gardens). Its architecture inspired replicas, such as the Duke House in New York or the Carthon-Ferrières Castle in Gradignan. Inside, the Louis XVI style staff decoration replaced the original woodwork, sold during its turbulent history.

Today, the hotel combines historical heritage and cultural dynamism, testifying to the metamorphoses of Bordeaux, from the Ancien Régime to the contemporary artistic scene. Its French-style garden and its neoclassical salons make it an emblematic place, both rooted in local history and open to contemporary creation.

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