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  3. Pays-de-la-Loire
  4. Mayenne
  5. 53000 Laval

  6. Hôtel Périer du Bignon

Hôtel Périer du Bignon à Laval en Mayenne

Mayenne

Hôtel Périer du Bignon

    7 Rue du Marchis
    53000 Laval
Hôtel Périer du Bignon
Hôtel Périer du Bignon
Hôtel Périer du Bignon
Crédit photo : Ikmo-ned - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1777
Construction of hotel
1793
Guillotinage of the owner
1898
Conversion into hospice
30 octobre 2001
Registration for Historic Monuments
Aujourd'hui
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Heritage classified

The hotel itself; the two wings back on courtyard (excluding the chapel built at the end of the 19th century); the small cold shop called "game dryer" located in the courtyard at the back of the kitchen; the entrance courtyard with its pavement; the garden to the south; the closing walls of the whole with the portals on the rue du Marchis and on the place du Gast (cad. CE 74): inscription by order of 30 October 2001

Key figures

Pierre Périer du Bignon - Sponsor and first owner Negotiating in canvases, guillotined in 1793.
Gabriel de la Broise - Post-revolutionary owner Grandson of Pierre Périer du Bignon.
Louis Barré - Founder of the institution Nazareth Curé of Laval Cathedral.

Origin and history

The hotel Périer du Bignon is a private hotel built in 1777 in Laval, in the department of Mayenne, for Pierre Périer du Bignon, a canvas merchant. This building illustrates the economic prosperity of the city linked to textile trade in the 18th century. Its architecture combines coated bellows, limestone and granite, with decorative elements such as fireplaces, woodwork and a wrought iron ramp.

In 1793 Pierre Périer du Bignon was guillotined, and the hotel passed to his grandson, Gabriel de la Broise, then to the Foucault de Laubinière (1817) and Duchemin de Vaubernier (1834) families. In 1898, the latter handed him over to a religious society, which established a hospice and a school there under the name of Nazareth. A chapel is added around 1900, while the wing is refurbished.

Ranked a historic monument in 2001, the hotel preserves original elements such as a game dryer, vaulted cellars and interior decorations (woodhouses, parquet floors). Its spatial organization reflects its dual vocation: family residence in the west and commercial spaces (stores, grills) in the east. The weapons of the Périer du Bignon family, representing a chevron and three pear trees, recall its history.

The building, owned by the commune of Laval, today bears witness to the architectural and industrial heritage of the Pays de la Loire region, linked to the golden age of Laval textile.

External links

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