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Hôtel particulier Mel de Fontenay

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'hôtel particulier en totalité (cad. KE 61) : inscription par arrêté du 11 avril 2008
Protection dates
2008/04/11 : inscrit MH
Type
hôtel
Main period of construction
4e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1779
Architect or builder
Bonfin Richard-François (architecte)
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
23 rue Montbazon
Commune
Bordeaux
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.83850, -0.58030
Mérimée reference
PA33000101

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Guienne Septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet immeuble est un bon exemple d'hôtel sur rue de la fin du 18e siècle à Bordeaux, construit sur des terrains lotis par les deux derniers archevêques de l'Ancien régime, entre 1771 et la Révolution. Il peut être attribué à Richard François Bonfin qui acheva la construction du palais épiscopal et contrôla la vente des terrains de l'archevêché. Le décor architectural de l'hôtel est de style néoclassique, évoquant l'Antiquité par quelques ornements.

English translation

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This building is a good example of a town house from the end of the 18th century in Bordeaux, built on lands parcelled out by the two last archbishops of the Old Regime, between 1771 and the Revolution. It can be attributed to Richard François Bonfin who completed the construction of the episcopal palace and controlled the sale of the lands of the archbishopric. The architectural decoration of the house is in neoclassical style, evoking Antiquity through a few ornaments.

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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