Hôtel de Galliffet

Not to be confused with Hôtel de Gallifet.

The Hôtel de Galliffet is a historic hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Hôtel de Galliffet
The Hôtel de Galliffet in 2009
General information
Type	Hôtel particulier
Town or city	Paris
Country	France
Coordinates	48.8548°N 2.3233°E / 48.8548; 2.3233
Construction started	1776
Completed	1792
Client	Alexandre de Galliffet
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Etienne-François Le Grand Jean-Baptiste Boiston

History

The hotel was built from 1776 to 1792,^[1] for Alexandre de Galliffet, the President of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence who also built the Château du Tholonet in Le Tholonet. It was designed by Etienne François Legrand.^[2]

Subsequently, the hotel was the residence of Minister Charles-François Delacroix, and thus the childhood home of General Charles-Henri Delacroix and painter Eugène Delacroix.^[1] It was later the residence of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, who served as the Prime Minister of France in 1815.^[1]

In 1972 the building was used as the Italian embassy.^[3] The hotel is now home to the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris.^[1]

References

1. "Le siège". Institut Culturel Italien de Paris. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
2. Allan Braham (1989). The Architecture of the French Enlightenment. University of California Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-520-06739-4.
3. Michel Gallet (1972). Paris domestic architecture of the 18th century. Barrie & Jenkins. p. xii.