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The Queen's Pavilion is a building located on Place des Vosges, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Built between 1605 and 1608 by the farmers of the gabelle, it is distinguished by its symmetrical architecture to that of the King's pavilion, with a medallion decorated with a sun, symbol of the Medici. Its ground floor consists of three arches, including a larger power station, connecting Place des Vosges to Rue de Béarn.

The building, in French style from the early 17th century, combines red bricks and light stones, with renaissant and late Gothic influences. It exceeds in height the neighbouring pavilions, with two main floors, a balcony on the first floor, and a floor under attic. Its slate roof, on a steep slope, is characteristic of the era.

Over the centuries, the pavilion changed owners: the financier Michel Particelli d'Émery (1637), his son Michel (1650), the Countess of Saint-Paul (tenant in 1642), the Duke of Rohan (1654), and the marshal Antoine d'Aumont Rochebaron the same year. He then belonged to Nicolas Ladvocat (1657), Abbé Nicolas Jamin de Castille (1658), and Pélagie Chabot-Rohan (1681), who praised him to his sister, the Marquise de Castrie. In 1763 it was sold to Caulet d'Hauteville. Between 1629 and 1637 he was home to the Blondeau's tripot.

Ranked a historic monument in 1984 with the nearby Hotel d'Espinoy, the Queen's Pavilion embodies the architectural and social history of Place des Vosges, one of the oldest planned squares in Paris. Its location, diametrically opposed to the King's pavilion, and its equestrian statue of Louis XIII turning his back, reinforce its symbolic character.

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