The Hôtel de Suffren (a.k.a. Hôtel Forbin d'Oppède) 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. ...

Location

It is located at 40, Cours Mirabeau in

.Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: Suffren
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History

The hotel was built from 1649 to 1651 for Esprit d'Arnaud, who served as an Advisor at the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.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

/ref> In 1666, his widow and his son sold it to Jules de Ricard, who also served as an Advisor to the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence. In 1674, it was purchased by Joseph Jean Baptiste Suffren (1651-1737), who served as an Advisor to the King. His grandson, the ''Bailli de Suffren'', Pierre André de Suffren (1729-1788), who was born in Saint-Cannat, spent his childhood in this hotel, as explained on a historical plaque on the facade. Later, the hotel belonged to the Marquis de Forbin d'Oppède. More recently, in the 20th century, it belonged to Edouard Jourdan, who was Professor of Law at the University of Provence.

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 25 March 1929.

References

Hôtels particuliers in Aix-en-Provence Monuments historiques of Aix-en-Provence Buildings and structures completed in 1651 1651 establishments in France {{France-struct-stub