Hôtel de Vendôme (place Vendôme, Paris)
luxury hotel in Paris, France
The Hôtel de Vendôme (French pronunciation: [otɛl d(ə) vɑ̃dom]), also known as 1, Place Vendôme, is a 5-star hotel situated at 1 Place Vendôme in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 1858, it is located at the southern entrance to the Place Vendôme, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Rue Saint-Honoré and Rue Place Vendôme.
History
The hotel occupies a former hôtel particulier, the Hôtel Batailhe de Francès, built in 1723 by Pierre Perrin, secrétaire du roi, and the architect Armand-Claude Mollet. Constructed behind the uniform façades designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for the Place Vendôme, the hôtel itself was designed by Mollet. Perrin lived there until 1729, and in 1736 his heirs sold it to the munitioner and Receiver General of Alsace, Jean Fauste de Batailhe de Francès. It became the Hôtel d'Affry in 1787. From 1842 to 1843, it was the Texas embassy. By treaty of 1839, France had become the first nation to recognize the Republic of Texas (1836–1845). A plaque to the right of the main entrance commemorates the event. The façade and the roof of the building on the Place Vendôme were classified as monuments historiques on 17 May 1930.
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