Hôtel de Toulouse

The Hôtel de Toulouse, also known as the Hôtel de La Vrillière, is a mansion in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It's in the Rue La Vrillière, near the Place des Victoires. The Hôtel de Toulouse has been protected since 1926 as a monument ( Monument historique ).

History

The Hôtel de Toulouse was built in 1634-1640 by the architect François Mansart for Louis I. Phélipeaux de La Vrillière. The client, a high dignitary of the Ancien Régime, it was a 40 meter long gallery built for his art collection. 1705 sold his grandson Louis II de La Phélipeaux Vrillière the building on the rich tax collector Louis Raullin - Rouillé. His widow sold 1713 the City Palace, Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse, son of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. The now called the Hôtel de Toulouse building was rebuilt by the royal architect Robert de Cotte. 1737 inherited Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon the City Palace and 1793, he was seized as national property. He first served the Imprimerie nationale and since 1808 part of the Hôtel de Toulouse, Banque de France, here today has its principal place of business. In the 19th century, many structural changes have taken place on the property and other buildings were erected.

Galerie dorée

The gallery Dorée (French, German gilded gallery) has remained preserved as it was remodeled under the Counts of Toulouse. The designed in the style of the French Baroque gallery has a gilded wood paneling and ten large paintings.

In the gallery Dorée, which can be visited, scenes for feature films were rotated several times, so for Vatel and Marie Antoinette.