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The Lantin Hotel is a classic style mansion built in the 2nd half of the 17th century in Dijon, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Commanded by Étienne Lantin, master adviser to the Chamber of Accounts of Burgundy under Louis XIV, he was erected between 1652 and 1664 on a plot inherited from his father at 4 rue des Bons Enfants. The building, made of pink stone, is distinguished by its organization around an inner courtyard and a monumental staircase topped by a richly decorated octagonal dome. Located in the historic centre, it is close to the Place de la Libération and the palace of the Dukes of Burgundy.

In the 19th century, the hotel passed into several hands before being acquired in 1829 by Jean Hugues Magnin-Philippon, a wealthy industrialist and member of the National Assembly for Côte d'Or. His son, Joseph Magnin, heir to the family industry and major political figure (MP, senator, minister under the Third Republic), resided there with his children, Maurice and Jeanne Magnin, before settling in Paris. The latter, passionate about art, constitute an exceptional collection of 2,000 works (tables, drawings, sculptures) between 1881 and 1935, transforming the hotel into a museum between 1930 and 1932 under the direction of architect Auguste Perret.

In 1938, Maurice Magnin, without heir, bequeathed the hotel, its collections and other property to the French State, provided that the Magnin Museum retains its character as an art amateur cabinet. Ranked a Historic Monument in 1939, the museum became a national establishment in 1947. A testamentary clause has since prohibited any loan of collections or enrichment of the fund. The hotel thus embodies both the architectural heritage of the Great Century and the collection passion of the 19th to 20th centuries.

Future

It has hosted the Magnin Museum since 1938 and has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1939.

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