Hôtel de Lacoste

English translation

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History

In 1660, the prince Armand de Bourbon-Conti is said to have received Louis XIV in this hôtel. The date of 1638 indicated on a vault key would indicate a reconstruction. To a building of the early 16th century, already provided with galleries on the courtyard, would have been connected, a century later, a staircase with open straight flights, furnished with arches and vaults of a style as close as possible to the existing. Thus would be explained the various anomalies of connections, notably at the entrance to the courtyard. The rear façade, Rue Oustrin, is old although reworked in the 18th century. On the first storey are found two identical Renaissance framings to those giving onto the first courtyard, on the second storey. A doorway framed by pilasters with refends opens onto a corridor vaulted with two bays of ogives with penetrations. This passage leads onto a first trapezoidal courtyard, surrounded on three sides by galleries of storey level. One room preserves visible an old ceiling, with high beams, supporting transverse joists with moulded corbels.