
The Hôtel Porgès was a
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 ...
on
Avenue Montaigne
The Avenue Montaigne () is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Origin of the name
The Avenue Montaigne was originally called the Allée des Veuves ("Widows' Alley") because women in mourning gathered ...
in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
, designed for
Jules Porgès
Jules Porgès (25 May 1839 – 20 September 1921) was a Paris-based financier who played a central role in the rise of the Randlords who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa.
He was born Yehuda Porges in Vienna and ...
in 1892 by
Ernest Sanson, with a garden by
Achille Duchêne, on the site of the
Maison pompéienne. It was sold in 1937 after his widow's death and demolished in the 1960s to make way for flats.
Sources
Porges
category:Former buildings and structures in Paris
Buildings and structures demolished in the 1960s
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