Hôtel de Toulouse
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The Hôtel de Toulouse, former Hôtel de La Vrillière, was built around 1640 by François Mansart, for Louis Phélipeaux de La Vrillière.
From 1712, it was the Paris residence of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse, (Duc de Penthièvre from 1697 and Duc de Rambouillet from 1711, both until his death ), the third son of Louis XIV and his infamous mistress, Madame de Montespan.
After Comte de Toulouse death, it was the Paris residence of his son Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre. In addition, it was the birthplace of the Duc de Penthièvre's daughter and eventual heiress, Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre. The vast Bourbon-Penthièvre family wealth eventually passed through her to her son, King Louis-Philippe of the French.
The house was redesigned in 1712 by Robert de Cotte, Premier Architecte du Roi.
It is situated on the rue La Vrillière and was faced toward the Palais Royal. Today, its main building has been preseved as part of the Banque de France. The entrance façade looks out toward the Place des Victoires, which coincidentally was built by Toulouse's father, Louis XIV. Originally, the house had a large garden with a formal parterre to the southwest.
[edit] Trivia
It was the site of a scene from the film Marie Antoinette (2006 film) with its famous Galerie dorée (built as the Grand Gallerie by the comte) as a room in a palace of her youth. Other films include Vatel and the french film Tous les matins du monde.
[edit] Gallery of Residences
[edit] External links
- (fr) balado : Banque de France
- (fr) La galerie dorée
