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Hôtel Leclerc de Fourolles

Auxerre, Yonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'hôtel (cad. BD 201) : inscription par arrêté du 30 octobre 2001
Protection dates
2001/10/30 : inscrit MH
Type
hôtel
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Dates
1673
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Address
2 rue du Lycée-Jacques-Amyot
Commune
Auxerre
Département
Yonne
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.79951, 3.56934
Mérimée reference
PA89000025

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'hôtel Leclerc de Fourolles a été construit pour Jacques Nigot, entrepreneur de coches et diligences. Louis XIV a passé une nuit dans cet hôtel en revenant de chez les Clermont-Tonnerre en 1675. En 1869, l'hôtel est donné aux soeurs de la congrégation de Nevers qui fondèrent un foyer d'accueil pour jeunes filles abandonnées. L'édifice se compose d'un corps principal à cinq travées et de deux ailes en retour à deux travées chacune. Le bâtiment a été achevé en 1673.

English translation

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The Leclerc de Fourolles hotel was built for Jacques Nigot, contractor of coaches and stagecoaches. Louis XIV spent a night in this hotel on returning from the Clermont-Tonnerre in 1675. In 1869, the hotel was given to the sisters of the congregation of Nevers who founded a reception centre for abandoned young girls. The edifice consists of a main block with five bays and two wings in return with two bays each. The building was completed in 1673.

Nearby in the register

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

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