Hôtel De Soubise ,Paris - Gilded ornamental detail
The Hôtel de Soubise was built for the Prince and Princess de Soubise on the site of a semi-fortified manor house named the Grand-Chantier built in 1375 for connétable Olivier de Clisson, that had formerly been a property of the Templars. The site previously contained the Hôtel de Guise, the Paris residence of the Dukes of Guise, a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. It was the birth place of the last Duke, Francis Joseph, Duke of Guise, the son of Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, Duchess of Alençon. He died in 1675 and the Guise estate passed to Marie de Lorraine who died at the Hôtel in 1688 having been born there in 1615.
On March 27, 1700, François de Rohan, prince de Soubise bought the Hôtel de Clisson, lately de Guise, and asked the architect Pierre-Alexis Delamair to remodel it completely. Works started in 1704. His wife Anne de Rohan-Chabot, one time mistress of Louis XIV (their affair is thought to have funded the purchase of the building) died here in 1709.
Hercule Mériadec, Prince of Soubise (son of François) was responsible for some interior décor at the Hôtel de Soubise engaging Germain Boffrand in the process. This dates from the 1730s. Improvements were made to celebrate the marriage of Hercule Mériadec to Marie Sophie de Courcillon, grand daughter of the famous marquis de Dangeau.
It was the home of Louis XV's friend Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise; his daughter Charlotte Élisabeth Godefride de Rohan, future princesse de Condé was born here in 1737 as was the Princess of Guéméné in 1743.
Interiors by Germain Boffrand, created about 1735-40 and partly dismantled, are accounted among the high points of the rococo style in France . They constituted the new apartments of the Prince on the ground floor and the Princesse on the piano nobile, both of which featured oval salons looking into the garden. These rooms that have changed very little since the 18th century, including the Chambre du prince, Salon ovale du prince, Chambre d'apparat de la princesse and the very fine Salon ovale de la princesse with gilded carvings and mirror-glass embedded in the boiserie and ceiling canvases and overdoors by François Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and Carle Van Loo.
Since a Napoleonic decree of 1808, this residence has become the property of the State. Nowadays it hosts the Musée de l'Histoire de France (Museum of French History) and a part of the French National Archives.
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Les Trésors des Archives nationales | Documentaire
Méconnues du grand public, alors qu'elles sont ouvertes à tous, les Archives nationales recèlent les plus précieux trésors de notre Histoire. Des documents inestimables recueillis depuis le Moyen Age. C'est Philippe le Bel qui décide de conserver les archives royales dans un lieu protégé. En l'occurrence, le donjon du Palais Royal situé alors à la place de l'actuel Palais de justice, dans l'île de la Cité. Les révolutionnaires de 1789 auront l'intelligence de les épargner.
Sous Napoléon Ier, elles sont situées dans le Marais, à l'Hôtel de Soubise. Deux autres sites, dans la forêt de Fontainebleau et à Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, renferment aujourd'hui 600 kilomètres de pièces uniques qui racontent la grande comme la petite Histoire de France. On y trouve par exemple la dernière lettre de Jeanne d'Arc et de Marie-Antoinette avant leur exécution, les interrogatoires en 1307 de 138 Templiers avant leur procès, des lettres de dénonciation de juifs sous l'Occupation, des secrets d'Etat, l'original des lois constitutionnelles comme de simples déclarations d'amour.
Le secret de l’Etat aux Archives nationales
Les Archives nationales accueillent à l’Hôtel de Soubise (Paris 3e) l’exposition « Le Secret de l’Etat ». Retraçant la naissance et l’histoire des services de renseignement français, l’exposition montre le secret dans tous ses états. Pour pénétrer les voies secrètes du renseignement d’Etat, rendez-vous jusqu’au 28 février 2016 au 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois.
Le Marais Walk
Le Marais was once a marsh that was frequently flooded by the Seine. But by the 17th century, it had become the center of aristocratic Paris, and some of its great hôtels (mansions) have now been restored. Today, these mansions are fashionable once again and the marsh has become a great area for tourism.
We began our tour with a slight drizzle at the site that spawned one of the most celebrated and abhorred revolutions in human history ---Place de Bastille. From here we walked north along rue des Tournelles, noting the Statue of Beaumarchais, 18th-century author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, which was set to music by Rossini and Mozart. We then proceeded to the medieval-looking rue Pas-de-la-Mule (Footsteps of the Mule), towards Place des Vosges, Paris's oldest square and once its most fashionable.
Place des Vosges was begun in 1605 on Henri IV's orders and was called Place Royal, intended to be the scene of businesses and social festivities, and he even planned to live there, but he was assassinated two years before its completion in 1612. By the 17th century, the square was the home of many aristocrats: Descartes, Pascal, Cardinal Richelieu, Gautier, and Daudet. But its best-known occupant was Victor Hugo (his home, now a museum, is the only house open to the public). Unfortunately, at the time of our visit it was closed.
From here, we saw a door opening to the Gardens of Hotel Bethune-Sully, one of the favorite places in all of Paris to rest, contemplate, and dream. Built in 1625, it is now the seat of the National Office of Historical Monuments and Sites, with an information center and a bookshop inside.
We continued our walk along rue des Francs-Bourgeois until we reached the intersection with rue de Sévigné, to visit the Musée Carnavalet, a 16th-century mansion now a museum devoted to the history of Paris and the French Revolution. Again, this museum was closed when we got there. So was the Musee Picasso, which will remain closed for renovation till 2013.
Along the way to Hotel de Rohan on rue Vieille-du-Temple, we passed by some notable avant garde art galleries and shops: Yvon Lambert (known for its contemporary art), Hier, Aujourd'hui, et Demain ( France's love affair with 1930s Art Deco), Passage de Retz (opened in 1994 as an avant-garde gallery), Les Iles Grecques (a deli shop regarded most popular of the area's ethnic take-out restaurants), and Dominique Picquier (a stylish shop that sells a wide roster of fabric).
By the way, we found the Hotel de Rohan (which presently houses the Archives Nationales or the French National Archives) closed for public visit, and so with the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, where Beaumarchais wrote The Marriage of Figaro. It's one of the most splendid mansions in the Marais and, despite its name, was never occupied by the Dutch embassy.
As we continued walking south along rue Vieille-du-Temple, we reached Rue des Rosiers (Street of the Rosebushes), one of the most colorful and typical streets remaining from Paris's old Jewish quarter, with the Star of David shining from some of the shop windows.
From rue des Rosiers, we headed down to rue Pavée, which got its name because it was the first street in Paris, sometime during the 1300s, to have cobblestones placed over its open sewer. At this Paved Street, we stumbled upon Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, a public library specializing on the history of the city of Paris. No picture-taking inside, so all our photos were taken outside.
This library, located, since 1969, in the hôtel d'Angoulême Lamoignon, brings together documents on the history of Paris and the Île-de-France, with a collection dating from the 16th century to the present, about a million books and 21,000 manuscripts, as well as plans, maps, and photographs.
Then we proceeded to rue François-Miron to view the 17th-century Hôtel de Beauvais, one of Paris's most charming hôtels. A plaque shows that Mozart (7yo at the time) lived here in 1763 and played at the court of Versailles. Then, onto rue du Figuier, where we reached Hôtel de Sens. Along with the Cluny on the Left Bank, it's the only domestic architecture remaining from the 15th century. Today, the hotel houses the Bibliothèque Forney. Leaded windows and turrets characterize the façade, and the courtyard reveals more ornate stone decoration. Since the library was closed, we went to its garden at the back and there rested. Here ended our Marais walking tour of this historic district.
On the way to Rue de Rivoli, where we had decided to have a late lunch, we got lost and found our way towards rue Saint Louis En L'isle. Here, we discovered a children's library, the Bibliotheque Jeunesse Isle Saint Louis for the Ecole des Garcons. Discovering these libraries and archives that are not even part of our walking tour itinerary was a totally rewarding journey to a devoted librarian-archivist like me.
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After our delicious lunch at Les Galopins it was time to burn some calories in this miserable weather. From the July Column at Place de la Bastille it is just a stone's throw to Place des Vosges, the oldest planned square in Paris and one of the finest in the city. Other stops at Le Marais included Carnavalet Museum and Musée des Archives Nationales.
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Nat’, une jeune journaliste qui vit à Paris, est chargée par sa rédaction d’écrire sur les archives de 1848. Ses recherches vont lui faire croiser la route de plusieurs personnages de l’époque : chacun va lui faire découvrir un pan de l’histoire mouvementée des révolutions qui ont agité l’Europe et le monde à cette période.
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