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The Hôtel Matignon (French: Hôtel de Matignon, pronounced [otɛl də matiɲɔ̃]) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of France. It is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 57 Rue de Varenne. The name Matignon is often used as a metonym for the governmental action of the French prime minister. [1]
The first dedicated meeting place of the town council was a former clergy house at No. 13 Rue de l'Église, which the council acquired in 1822. [2] The town council then relocated to a former community school at No. 10 Rue de l'Église in November 1849. [3] In the early 1870s, the town council decided to commission a more substantial town hall.
The hôtel du Châtelet (French pronunciation: [otɛl dy ʃatlɛ]) is a hôtel particulier, a kind of large townhouse of France, at 127, rue de Grenelle, in the 7th arrondissement, Paris. The building is now the home of the Ministry of Labour and the minister’s official residence.
The Hôtel de Noirmoutier (French pronunciation: [otɛl də nwaʁmutje]) is an hôtel particulier in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built in 1723. [1] It has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture since 12 February 1996. [1] The mansion served as a model for Spencer Hays's residence in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Quai d'Orsay (/ ˌ k eɪ d ɔːr ˈ s eɪ / KAY dor-SAY, French: [ke dɔʁsɛ] ⓘ) is a quay in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is part of the left bank of the Seine opposite the Place de la Concorde. [1] It becomes the Quai Anatole-France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.
The Hôtel de Lassay (French pronunciation: [otɛl də lasɛ]) is a private mansion located on the rue de l'Université, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the current residence of the President of the National Assembly , [ 1 ] and adjoins the Palais Bourbon , the seat of the lower house of Parliament.
The Hôtel de Boisgelin (French pronunciation: [otɛl də bwaʒ(ə)lɛ̃]), a.k.a. Hôtel de La Rochefoucauld-Doudeauville ([-la ʁɔʃfuko dudovil]), is a hôtel particulier in Paris, France. It houses the Italian embassy in France. It has been listed since 1926 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. [1]
Palais de la Légion d'Honneur, also known as the Hôtel de Salm, 64 rue de Lille, Paris.. In French contexts, an hôtel particulier is a townhouse of a grand sort. Whereas an ordinary maison (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a street, an hôtel particulier was often free-standing, and by the 18th century it would ...