Hôtel de Gantès

at 1, rue Fabrot, Aix-en-Provence , 13100 France

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2. Hotel & Lodging

Description

The Hôtel de Gantès is a listed hôtel particulier in Aix-en-Provence. Built in 1660, it was home to a private members' club until the French Revolution of 1789, when two aristocratic members were murdered (one beheaded, another one hanged) by revolutionaries. Since the 1840s, it has been home to the world-famous café, Les Deux Garçons, a haunt of artists, writers and celebrities.LocationIt is located at 53 bis on the Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence.HistoryAccording to historian Ambroise Roux-Alphéran (1776–1858), an old barn serving as a hotel, adorned by a white horse, was owned by Antoine Gros in the first half seventeenth century. In 1660, François de Gantès (1596-1679), the General Prosecutor of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence, purchased it and commissioned the construction of this hotel particulier in its place. In 1716, his grandson Louis-Henri de Gantès sold it to Marc-Antoine d'Albert Duchaine, marquess of Fox-Amphoux, who sold it to Mr Jaubert in 1742.In 1750, it was purchased by Mr Guion, who started a private member's club on the ground floor called the 'Cercle de Guion'. The club was sympathetic to aristocratic, royalist and so-called counter-revolutionary ideas. Members included Jean-Joseph-Pierre Pascalis (1732-1790) and André-Raymond de Guiramand (1714-1790), who were both murdered during the French Revolution (one was beheaded; the other one was hanged). The club was closed down in December 1790.

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Summary

Hôtel de Gantès is Aix-en-Provence based place and this enity listed in Hotel category. Located at 1, rue Fabrot 13100. Contact phone number of Hôtel de Gantès: 0442903160