Hôtel particulier is the French term for a grand urban mansion, comparable to a British townhouse. Whereas an ordinary maison was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either
The Hôtel de Soubise in Paris now houses part of the French National Archives.
Hôtel de Guénégaud in Paris
Hôtel Prouvost in Roubaix
Hôtel de Caumont in Aix-en-Provence
The Hôtel Lambert is an hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, built between 1640 and 1644 on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. In th
Hôtel particulier
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The Galerie d'Hercule, decorated by Charles Le Brun.
"Chopin's Polonaise – Ball at Hôtel Lambert in Paris," by Teofil Kwiatkowski. Chopin plays while Czartoryski (left) listens. Decorative vaulting was temporary.
Upper court facade and roof