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Immeuble, anciennement hôtel de l'Europe et des Princes

Paris 2e Arrondissement, Paris, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façade et toiture (cad. AG 25) : inscription par arrêté du 31 mai 1990
Protection dates
1990/05/31 : inscrit MH
Type
hôtel, immeuble
Main period of construction
3e quart 17e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Dates
1663
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
97 rue de Richelieu
Commune
Paris 2e Arrondissement
Département
Paris
Region
Île-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
48.87126, 2.33959
Mérimée reference
PA00086095

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1635 map "Ager Parisiensis vulgo l'Isle de France / Fr. Guilloterius ... describ. et Petro Pithoeo dedicabat" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet hôtel a été construit en 1663 pour le maître-maçon Nicolas Wiet. En 1827, il devint l'hôtel meublé de l'Europe et des Princes : c'était un hôtel de luxe, un palace de 40 chambres, où Meyerbeer logea en 1835. C'est au travers de cet hôtel que fut percée, en 1860, l'entrée du passage des Princes (notice Mérimée PA00086091).

English translation

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This hotel was built in 1663 for master mason Nicolas Wiet. In 1827, it became the furnished hotel of Europe and Princes: it was a luxury hotel, a palace of 40 rooms, where Meyerbeer stayed in 1835. It was through this hotel that the entrance to the passage des Princes was opened in 1860 (Mérimée record PA00086091).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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