Hôtel de Boisgelin (Aix-en-Provence)

Hôtel de Boisgelin
Hôtel de Boisgelin
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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	Pierre Pavillon; Jean-Claude Rambot

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 in 1650.^[1]^[4]^[5] In 1697, it was purchased by .^[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[]

^ Jump up to: ^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]
^ Jump up to: ^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]

Coordinates: 43°31′32″N 5°27′01″E / 43.5255°N 5.4504°E / 43.5255; 5.4504

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[tourism-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Aix-en-Provence Tourism: Hôtels particuliers". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-12-24.

[provence2009-2] 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]

[rene-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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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