Hôtel de Pierre, dit aussi hôtel Jean de Bagis

English translation

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History

First architectural work of Nicolas Bachelier, built for the counsellor to Parliament Jean de Bagis, according to a contract concluded in 1537. In 1611, the hotel is acquired by François de Clary, first president of the Parliament of Toulouse, and underwent such transformations that it is impossible to judge what it could have been in its primitive state. In 1855, the new owner completed the sculptures of the façade, most of which were only roughed out. The edifice is, in Toulouse, a unique example of a façade built entirely in stone. The buildings are arranged around a courtyard. Bachelier's door is framed by caryatids linked by an Ionic entablature, surmounted by a pediment in the shape of a trapeze flanked by winged genii, and decorated with coats of arms. This door opens onto a staircase cage with a straight ramp, one of the first examples in Toulouse. On either side of the main building, the two wings of the courtyard were furnished with arcades separated by pilasters supporting a shelf intended to receive statues. The façade of the building on the street is adorned with pilasters, trophies of arms alternated with garlands and fruit. Each capital bears the eagle with wings spread, from the coat of arms of the Clary family. This hotel was the first of the Renaissance period built in Toulouse with a project for renting apartments.