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Hotel Rolin is a private hotel located 8 rue Jeannin in Dijon, in the city's protected area. Built around 1440 for Nicolas Rolin, chancellor of Burgundy, there remains only a large room with fireplace, mural niches and part of the chapel. The building was then on the road to Langres, today rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and embodied the power and wealth of its sponsor, close to the Duke of Bourgogne Philippe le Bon.

In 1499, the heirs of Rolin, Marguerite Rolin and Gaspard de Taralu, sold the hotel to the municipality of Dijon. From then on, it housed the town hall until 1831. The chapel was consecrated in 1548, and major changes took place in the seventeenth century: the façade on Jeannin Street was rebuilt in 1669-1670, and the council hall was redecorated between 1680 and 1683. These changes reflect the changing tastes and administrative needs of the city.

At the beginning of the 18th century, the architect Jacques Gabriel modernized the central avant-corp, the column hall and the large staircase between 1707 and 1714. A wing was added along the street in 1712-1715 to install the Office of the Poor, illustrating the social dimension of the building. In 1758, the acquisition of the nearby Bernardon Hotel allowed for the expansion of archives and prisons, including the underground prison for those sentenced to death. The young Mozart s.

In 1832, after the transfer of the town hall to the Ducal Palace, the Côte-d'Or department acquired the Rolin hotel to install its archives. The prisons, which became military, were displaced in 1839, and the old buildings destroyed. Restoration between 1990 and 1996 allows for the rehabilitation of old parts. The hotel has been partially classified and listed as historic monuments since 1947, demonstrating its heritage importance.

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