The Hôtel de Gueydan (a.k.a. Hôtel de Gueidan) is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
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General information | |
Type | Hôtel particulier |
Address | 22, Cours Mirabeau |
Town or city | Aix-en-Provence |
Country | France |
Location
editIt is located at 22, Cours Mirabeau, in the centre of Aix-en-Provence.[1][2][3]
History
editIn 1648, Martin Eyguesier, a lawyer, purchased the parcel of land and build this hotel particulier.[4]
Several decades later, in 1681, it was purchased by Pierre de Gueidan, a wealthy lawyer.[2][5] His son, Gaspard de Gueidan (de Valabre) (1688-1767) grew up in this hotel.[2]
Heritage significance
editIt has been listed as a "monument historique" since August 9, 1941.[1]
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Hôtel de Gueydan (Aix-en-Provence).
- ^ a b Base Mérimée: Hôtel de Gueydan, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ a b c Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, Les Rues d'Aix, Aubin, 1848 [1]
- ^ René Borricand, Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence, 39 rue Espariat, 1971, p. 173 [2]
- ^ Jean Boyer, Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à carrosses au cours Mirabeau, Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2004, p. 78 [3]
- ^ Michel Vovelle, Les folies d'Aix: ou a fin d'un monde, Le Temps des Cerises, 2003, p. 156 [4]
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