The Hôtel de Gueydan (a.k.a. Hôtel de Gueidan) is a listed
hôtel particulier in
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. ...
,
Bouches-du-Rhône,
France.
Location
It is located at 22,
Cours Mirabeau, in the centre of Aix-en-Provence.
Ambroise Roux-Alphéran
Ambroise Roux-Alphéran (1776–1858) was a French public official and historian.
Biography
Early life
Ambroise(-Thomas) Roux-Alphéran was born on 29 December 1776 in Aix-en-Provence.
Career
He served as clerk of the court of Aix-en-Provence u ...
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History
In 1648, Martin Eyguesier, a lawyer, purchased the parcel of land and build this hotel particulier.[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. 7]
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Several decades later, in 1681, it was purchased by Pierre de Gueidan
Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
, a wealthy lawyer.[Michel Vovelle, ''Les folies d'Aix: ou a fin d'un monde'', Le Temps des Cerises, 2003, p. 15]
/ref> His son, Gaspard de Gueidan (de Valabre) (1688-1767) grew up in this hotel.
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 August 9, 1941.
References
Hôtels particuliers in Aix-en-Provence
Monuments historiques of Aix-en-Provence
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