Hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence, France
The Hôtel de Boisgelin is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence.
Location
It is located at number 11 on the rue du Quatre Septembre, on the Place des Quatre Dauphins, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence.[1][2][3]
History
It was designed by architects Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670) and Jean-Claude Rambot (1621-1694), and built for Louis Le Blanc de Montespin in 1650.[1][4][5] In 1697, it was purchased by Pierre-Joseph Laurens-Brue.[4] That year, he commissioned architect Laurent Vallon (1652-1724) to design a grand staircase inside.[1] It was later inherited by the Boisgelin family.[1]
It comes with a courtyard and a garden.[4] In the garden, there is a fountain under the foliage, thus always in the shade in daytime.[6]
Heritage significance
It has been listed as a monument historique since 1964.
References
- ^ a b c d "Aix-en-Provence Tourism: Hôtels particuliers". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
- ^ Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2009 p. 169 [1]
- ^ Douglas Goldring, The South of France: The Lower Rhône Valley and the Mediterranean Seaboard from Martigues to Menton, Macdonald, 1952, p. 116 [2]
- ^ a b c René Borricand, Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence, 39 rue Espariat, 1971, p. 45 [3]
- ^ Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence, C.Y. Chaudoreille, 1977, p. 174
- ^ Henri Dobler, Le cadre de la vie mondaine à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles: Boudoirs et jardins, F. Detaille, 1928, p. 119 [4]
43°31′32″N 5°27′01″E / 43.5255°N 5.4504°E / 43.5255; 5.4504
