1- This mansion belonged to the princes of Monaco Did you know that before becoming one of the symbols of the French state, the Hôtel de Matignon belonged to the princes of Monaco? The current residence of the Prime Minister owes its name to Jacques III de Matignon, who bought it in 1723 from t ...
h two turrets and facing the Romanesque portal of the cathedral • the house of Queen Bérengère and its Queen Bérengère museum • half-timbered houses • private mansions from the 17th and 18th centuries. Note: it is in the historic center of the city that the Nuit des Chimères takes place ...
The Musée de Cluny was created in 1843 thanks to the reunion of several sets of works and was set up in the heart of the Latin Quarter in the private mansion of the abbots of Cluny (which dates from the 15th century). This unique setting, backed by Gallo-Roman baths, has been preserved over the ...
Museum in a prison Another amazing cultural venue, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design is located in a 17th century Bordeaux house. This private mansion would have nothing extraordinary if it had not been bought in 1880 by the City of Bordeaux, which decided to build a prison on the site of ...
is garden was created in 1612 at the initiative of Queen Marie de Médicis, the widow of Henri IV and the mother of Louis XIII. It owes its name to the mansion that was located there at the time, the Hôtel du duc François de Luxembourg, which was bought by Marie de Médicis along with its 8 hectar ...
l topped with turrets. But one of the most picturesque houses in Beaulieu is undoubtedly the house of Adam and Eve or Renaissance House. This private mansion, located in the heart of the old town in front of the western facade of the Saint-Pierre abbey church, has a facade decorated with medallions ...
