Hôtel de Loubatières (ou de Latude)

English translation

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History

The hôtel was situated outside the perimeter of the old enclosure, an exceptional situation in the second half of the 17th century. It is built on a large through-plot with a wide caladé corridor providing access to the street, around a central square interior courtyard. A principal building block is parallel to the street and a building block at the rear overlooks a second courtyard corresponding to the location of the garden. The four storeys are distributed by a large monumental turning staircase, with straight flights, around a rectangular central void with landings and floor levels. The construction uses round arches and rampant arches, supported by slender square pillars. The door on the street presents two consoles with grimacing masks, characteristic of the Baroque style called "auricular", common in France under Henry IV and Louis III.