The Hôtel de Galliffet is a historic hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
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
- ^ a b c d "Le siège". Institut Culturel Italien de Paris. Archived from the original on October 27, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
- ^ Allan Braham (1989). The Architecture of the French Enlightenment. University of California Press. pp. 233–. ISBN 978-0-520-06739-4.
- ^ Michel Gallet (1972). Paris domestic architecture of the 18th century. Barrie & Jenkins. p. xii.
