The Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques is a listed

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 ...

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Location

It is located at 19,

Cours Mirabeau The Cours Mirabeau is an avenue and of the major arteries of 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 ...

.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 Fren ...

(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 (1683-1758). His son

Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques Joseph Charles André, baron d'Arbaud de Jouques, dit marquis d'Arbaud-Jouques (1769–1849) was a French aristocrat, military officer and public official. Early life Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques was born on 11 May 1769 in Aix-en-Pr ...

(1769-1849) and his brother also lived here. King

Charles IV of Spain Charles IV (; 11 November 1748 – 20 January 1819) was King of Spain and ruler of the Spanish Empire from 1788 to 1808. The Spain inherited by Charles IV gave few indications of instability, but during his reign, Spain entered a series of disa ...

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