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Hôtel D'Arbaud-Jouques
The Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. Location It is located at 19, Cours Mirabeau in 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. 10/ref> They were converted in one hôtel particulier in 1732: the hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques by the architect Jean-Baptiste Franque (1683-1758). His son Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1769-1849) and his brother also lived here. King Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) stayed here as a guest in 1812. Heritage significance It has been listed as a 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 collection of buildings, ... since 1990. References Hôtels particuliers in Aix- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hôtel Particulier
() is the French term for a grand urban mansion, comparable to a Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse. Whereas an ordinary (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an was often free-standing and, by the 18th century, would always be located – between the (an entrance court) and the garden behind. There are in many large cities in France. Etymology and meaning The word represents the Old French "" from the Latin "pertaining to guests", from , a stranger, thus a guest.Cassell's Latin Dictionary The adjective means "personal" or "private". The English word ''hotel'' developed a more specific meaning as a commercial building accommodating travellers; modern French also uses in this sense. For example, the Hôtel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde was built as an and is today a public hotel. In French language, French, an or is a town hall and not a hotel, same for the police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence, in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The population of Aix-en-Provence is approximately 145,000. Its inhabitants are called ''Aixois'' or, less commonly, ''Aquisextains''. History Aix (''Aquae Sextiae'') was founded in 123 BC by the Roman consul Gaius Sextius Calvinus, Sextius Calvinus, who gave his name to its springs, following the destruction of the nearby Gauls, Gallic oppidum at Entremont (oppidum), Entremont. In 102 BC its vicinity was the scene of the Battle of Aquae Sextiae, where the Romans under Gaius Marius defeated the Ambrones and Teutones, with mass suicides among the captured women, which passed into Roman legends of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 architect Esprit-Joseph Brun. __NOTOC__ Biography Born in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, he was the son of a Master builder, master mason and took over his father's workshop before settling in Avignon Avignon (, , ; or , ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the Communes of France, commune had a ..., where he became an architect around 1715. He probably trained with the great Avignon architects of the previous generation, Pierre II Mignard and Jean Péru. He worked under the supervision of two of his sons, François II and Jean-Pierre, mainly in the Southern France, south of France, from Toulon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
