Hôtel de Pourtalès

Hôtel de Pourtalès in 2010

The Hôtel de Pourtalès is a historic hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse of France, at 7 rue Tronchet, close to the Madeleine church, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed by architect Félix Duban and built in 1839 for James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, a Swiss-born banker and art collector.[1] It has been listed as an official historical monument since September 17, 2002.[1]

The building is now operated as a luxurious apartment hotel.[2] In October 2016, reality TV personality Kim Kardashian said that she was held at gunpoint and robbed of valuable jewelry by a group of assailants who gained access to her suite in the building.[3]

References

1. Base Mérimée: Ancien hôtel de Pourtalès, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
2. Hôtel Particulier de Pourtalès
3. Hunt, Elle; Willsher, Kim (October 3, 2016). "Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint by men disguised as police in Paris". The Guardian. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

External links

Media related to Hôtel de Pourtalès at Wikimedia Commons

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