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Hôtellerie du Louvre in Château-Gontier à Château-Gontier en Mayenne

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine urbain
Hôtellerie
Maison classée MH

Hôtellerie du Louvre in Château-Gontier

    Résidence du Louvre
    53200 Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne
Private property; property of the municipality
Crédit photo : Romain Bréget - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1700
1800
1900
2000
XVIIe siècle
Construction of hotels
mars 1793
Sales lift
1804
Execution of Cadoudal
23 décembre 1987
Partial classification
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Former hotel; facades on courtyard of plot AC 154 (Box AC 154, 540): inscription by order of 23 December 1987

Key figures

Pierre-Mathurin Mercier - Son of a hotelier Actor of the Salesian uprising in 1793
Georges Cadoudal - Chief Royalist Breton Entrusted to Lucrece Mercier, executed in 1804
Lucrèce Mercier - Sister of Pierre-Mathurin Born in Cadoudal, entering Ursulines

Origin and history

The Louvre Hotel is a former Henri IV-style post office in Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne in the Mayenne department (Pays de la Loire region). Built in the 17th century, it illustrates the typical architecture of buildings dedicated to the reception of travellers and the transmission of royal mail under the Old Regime. Its logistical role made it a strategic place on the roads of western France.

During the French Revolution, the hotel industry became a home of royalist activism. Pierre-Mathurin Mercier, the hotelier's son, involved himself in the March 1793 vendean uprising. The place also marked the meeting between the caulian chef Georges Cadoudal and Lucrece Mercier, sister of Pierre-Mathurin. Their history, marked by revolutionary repression, ended tragically with the execution of Cadoudal in 1804 and Lucrece's entrance to the Ursulines.

Partially classified as historical monuments by decree of 23 December 1987, the hotel house preserves facades on protected courtyard (parcel AC 154). Today, the building combines private and communal property, without its current use (visits, accommodation) being clearly specified in the available sources. Its architecture and its past make it a symbol of the patrimony of the Vendee and Mayen.

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