The Pavillon Vendôme is a historic pavilion surrounded by a French formal garden located 32 rue Celony in

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History

It was built by architect Pierre Pavillon (1612-1670) between 1665 and 1667.Tourism Office
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/ref>Le Pavillon Vendôme rend justice à Henri Dobler
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/ref> It was commissioned by for Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612-1669) as a place where he could take his lover, Lucrèce de Forbin Solliès, also known as "la Belle du Canet". Ambroise Roux-Alphéran, ''Les Rues d'Aix'', 1846 He died in the house on 6 August 1669. Later, it was owned by the painter

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(1684-1745), who had a studio there.Maurice Pezet, La Provence et l'amour, éd. F. Sorlot/F. Lanore, Paris, 1984, p. 121 It was subsequently purchased by Barthélemy-Louis Reboul, Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Arts et Belles Lettres d'Aix. After the French Revolution of 1789, it was purchased by Jean-Joseph-Pierre Guigou, who was Bishop of Angoulême, who turned it into a Catholic boarding school for girls. In 1906, it was purchased by Henri Dobler (1863-1941), a

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art collector, painter and poet. He donated it to the city of Aix-en-Provence after his death. It has served as a museum since then. It is home to temporary art exhibitions.

Heritage significance

The house 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 27 March 1914; the garden since 15 October 1953.Notice no. PA00081103, Base Mérimée, French Ministry of Culture

References

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