The Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques is a listed

hôtel particulier An ''hôtel particulier'' () is a grand townhouse, comparable to the Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse or mansion. Whereas an ordinary ''maison'' (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side an ...

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

Location

It is located at 19,

Cours Mirabeau The Cours Mirabeau is a wide thoroughfare in Aix-en-Provence, France. Overview 440 meters long and 42 meters wide, the Cours Mirabeau is one of the most popular and lively places in the town. It is lined with many cafés, one of the most famous ...

.Aix-en-Provence Tourism: HOTEL ARBAUD-JOUQUES

History

The widow of Jacques Arbaud purchased the left-side Hôtel de Valbelle-Meyrargues in 1695 and her son

André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676–1744) was a French aristocrat, lawyer and public official. Biography Early life André-Elzéard d'Arbaud was born in 1676. His father was Jacques Arbaud. Career He received the hereditary List of Frenc ...

(1676-1744) purchased the right-side Hôtel de Séguiran some time later.René Borricand, ''Les Hôtels particuliers d'Aix-en-Provence'', 39 rue Espariat, 1971, p. 2

/ref>Jean Boyer, ''Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à carrosses au cours Mirabeau'', Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2004, p. 10

/ref> They were converted in one

in 1732: the hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques by the architect

Jean-Baptiste Franque Jean-Baptiste Franque (Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, February 1, 1683 - Avignon, March 26, 1758) was a French architect. He was the father of François II Franque and Jean-Pierre Franque, also architects, and therefore the father-in-law of the arch ...

(1683-1758). His son Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1769-1849) and his brother also lived here. King

Charles IV of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles III of Spain , mother =Maria Amalia of Saxony , birth_date =11 November 1748 , birth_place =Palace of Portici, Portici, Naples , death_date = , death_place = ...

(1748–1819) stayed here as a guest in 1812.

Heritage significance

It has been listed as a

monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

since 1990.

References

Hôtels particuliers in Aix-en-Provence Houses completed in 1732 Monuments historiques of Aix-en-Provence {{France-struct-stub