Hôtel de Boisgelin (Aix-en-Provence)

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Hôtel de Boisgelin
General information
Type	Hôtel particulier
Address	11 rue du Quatre Septembre
Town or city	Aix-en-Provence
Country	France
Completed	1650
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pierre Pavillon Jean-Claude Rambot

The Hôtel de Boisgelin (French pronunciation: [otɛl də bwaʒ(ə)lɛ̃]) 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

1. "Aix-en-Provence Tourism: Hôtels particuliers". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
2. Provence, Le Petit Futé, 2009 p. 169 [1]
3. Douglas Goldring, The South of France: The Lower Rhône Valley and the Mediterranean Seaboard from Martigues to Menton, Macdonald, 1952, p. 116 [2]
4. René Borricand, Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence, 39 rue Espariat, 1971, p. 45 [3]
5. Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence, C.Y. Chaudoreille, 1977, p. 174
6. 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]

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