The Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud () was a French aristocratic townhouse (''

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''), built 1630–1632 for the financier to the designs of architect

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. It was located at what is now 13 Quai Malaquais in the

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. The ''hôtel'' was demolished in 1843.

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The site had been owned from 1628 by Auguste de Loménie, Sieur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, who had become the

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from his marriage in 1623 to . His ''hôtel'' is shown as Hôtel de Brienne on the 1652 Gomboust map of Paris. Subsequently it was known by other names, including Hôtel de Conti (1660–1670), Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud (1670–1680, engraved by

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), Hôtel de Créquy (1680–1712), Hôtel de Lauzun (1712–1733), Hôtel de La Roche-sur-Yon (on the 1739

Turgot map of Paris The Turgot map of Paris () is a highly accurate and detailed map of the city of Paris, France, as it existed in the 1730s. The map was commissioned by Parisian municipality chief Michel-Étienne Turgot, drawn up by surveyor Louis Bretez, and eng ...

), and Hôtel Mazarin (during the reign of

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). It became the property of the state during the French Revolution but in 1818 was returned to its former owners, who demolished it in 1843. The property was acquired by the

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in 1858, and

Félix Duban Jacques Félix Duban () (14 October 1798, Paris – 8 October 1870, Bordeaux) was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste. Life and career Duban won the Prix de Rome in 1823, the most prestigious awa ...

began construction of the Bâtiment des Expositions, which was completed in 1862.

Hôtel de Conti

In 1660, Anne-Marie Martinozzi, Princesse de Conti, who was a niece of

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, acquired the ''hôtel'', which then became known as the Hôtel de Conti. Two of her sons, Louis Armand de Bourbon (1661–1685) and François Louis de Bourbon (1664–1709), were born in it. In 1670 she exchanged this ''hôtel'', as well as her beautiful country house in Bouchet, for the Hôtel de Guénégaud on the Quai de Nevers, only a short distance upstream. After the exchange, this house on the Quai Malaquais became the Hôtel du Plessis-Guénégaud, and her new house became the Hôtel de Conti. The Quai de Nevers was renamed Quai de Conti.Braham and Smith 1973, pp. 238–239; Gady 2015, p. 314; Mauban 1944, p. 286.

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* Ayers, Andrew (2004). ''The Architecture of Paris''. Stuttgart; London: Edition Axel Menges. . * Berty, Adolphe; L.-M. Tisserand (1876). ''Topographie historique du vieux Paris: Région du Bourg Saint-Germain'', ol. 3 Paris: Imprimerie Nationale
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* Deutsch, Kristina (2015). ''Jean Marot : Un graveur d'architecture à l'époque de Louis XIV''. Berlin: De Gruyter. . * Dumolin, Maurice (1929). ''Études de topographie parisienne'', vol. 1. Paris. . * Gady, Alexandre (2008). ''Les Hôtels particuliers de Paris du Moyen Âge à la Belle Époque''. Paris: Parigramme. . * Mauban, André (1944). ''Jean Marot: Architecte et Graveur Parisien''. Paris: Les Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotel De Plessis Guenegaud Plessis Guenegaud Buildings and structures in the 6th arrondissement of Paris Houses completed in 1632 Ancien Régime French architecture Demolished buildings and structures in Paris Former buildings and structures in Paris 1632 establishments in France Buildings and structures demolished in 1843

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Hôtel de Conti

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