Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené (Maison Victor Hugo)
Where is the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné (Maison Victor Hugo)? How to get to the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné
When did construction of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné begin?What are the architectural features of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné?
Who were the successive owners of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné?
Who were the famous occupants of the Hôtel Rohan-Guémené?
Who is the current owner of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné and what is its current use? When was the Maison de Victor Hugo inaugurated as the Musée place des Vosges?
Which film was shot in the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené?
What is the Maison Victor Hugo website?
Where is the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné (Maison Victor Hugo)? How to get to the Maison de Victor Hugo / Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné?
The Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné is located at 6 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris.
This private mansion is home to the illustrious writer Victor Hugo.
How to get to Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné :
Metro Bastille line 1, 5, 8, Saint-Paul Ligne 1, Chemin Vert ligne 8 / Subway : ligne / line
2 disabled parking spaces
Bus: 20, 29, 65, 69, 96
Vélib': 27 bd Beaumarchais, rue Saint-Antoine
Cab: Métro Saint-Paul
When did construction of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné begin?
Construction of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné began in 1605, after Isaac Arnauld, Seigneur de Corbeville, purchased the land. The land was part of the Parc des Tournelles development.
The name of this first owner, Monsieur Arnauld, explains why this mansion is sometimes also called l'Hôtel Arnauld.
What are the architectural features of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné?
The Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné comprises a central main building overlooking the Place des Vosges, and two wings serving as outbuildings, each with ten cross-beamed facades and opening onto courtyards of honor. These courtyards are surrounded by offices, stables and sheds. They were also connected to impasse Guéméné and number 17 rue des Tournelles.
The courtyard features one of the last Louis-Philippe fountains in Paris. The central dwelling covers nos. 6 and 6bis Place des Vosges.
The rue des Tournelles wing, also known as the eastern facade, has remained intact. It has retained its early 17th-century style of stone and cob. It forms a “U” shape. The interior staircases are of fine 17th-century construction.
The Guémené wing has disappeared. Part of its buildings were occupied by the Community of the Daughters of the Cross. They were responsible for educating young girls and boarding ladies. The convent was abolished and sold in 1797.
On October 26, 1954, the façade overlooking the Place des Vosges, the vaulted gallery under arcades, including the floor, and the roofs of the building at the corner of the square, were classified as historic monuments by decree.
Who were the successive owners of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné?
The first owner, Isaac Arnauld had it built in 1605 and sold it in 1612 to the marquis de Lavardin. The Marquis de Lavardin sold his mansion in 1621 to Pierre Jacquet, Seigneur de Tigery. In 1637, the latter sold it to Prince Louis de Rohan, peer and Grand Veneur of France.
Who were the famous occupants of the Hôtel Rohan-Guémené?
The illustrious Rohan-Guémené family once occupied this hotel.
The family motto is: “roy ne puys, duc ne daigne, rohan suys”. The de Royan family was one of the most powerful and influential under the Ancien Régime, descending from the ancient kings and dukes of Brittany.
[Anecdote
Prince Louis de Rohan had conspired against King Louis XIV. Together with Gilles du Hamel, he planned to kidnap the dauphin and, if possible, the king, to stir up Normandy, to deliver the port of Quillebeuf to the Spaniards, to convene the Estates General and to reform the state. But the conspiracy was discovered, and the prince was condemned to death and beheaded in Bastille Square on November 27, 1674.
Another resident was Jules Meriadec de Rohan-Guéméné (1726-1802), colonel of the Rohan regiment and lieutenant-general, who accompanied the Maréchal de Saxe on several of his campaigns. He emigrated during the French Revolution.
[Madame de Sévigné, although born in another Hôtel particulier on the Place des Vosges, lived in the east wing of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené, at 17 rue des Tournelles. She frequented Ninon de Lenclos's salon at 36 rue des Tournelles.
During the reign of Louis XIII, son of Henri IV, the famous courtesan Marion Delorme lived there from 1639 to 1648.
In 1831, Victor Hugo created a drama in 5 acts at the Porte-Saint-Martin theater in Paris, the play Marion Delorme, whose central subject is the life of the courtesan.
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Victor Hugo lived in the same building as Marion Delorme. From 1832 to 1848, he rented the 2nd floor of the hotel's main building from the Bellanger family. 280 m2 rented for 1,500 gold francs. Victor Hugo notably wrote Ruy Blas, Lucrèce Borgia, Les Burgraves and Les Chants du crépuscule here. One of his mistresses lived in the Tournelles wing.
In 1902, Paul Meurice donated drawings, books, manuscripts, furniture and objects to the City of Paris to create the Musée Victor-Hugo and install it in the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené.
The wooden coffins for Napoleon I's funeral monument at Les Invalides were made here.
[Lucienne Heuvelmans, a sculptor, set up her studio in the Hôtel. In 1911, she became the first woman to win the Grand Prix de Rome and the first female resident of the Villa Médicis in Rome. She was one of the very first women to be awarded the Légion d'honneur for the Arts.
Who is the current owner of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné and what is its current use? When was the Maison de Victor Hugo inaugurated as the Place des Vosges Museum?
Today, the Paris City Hall owns the Maison Victor Hugo, which is a Parisian Museum.The Victor Hugo Museum was inaugurated on June 30, 1903.
Café Mulot, located in the inner courtyard of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guéméné, is a haven of peace.
What film was shot in the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené?
[Le Magnifique is a film directed by Philippe de Broca, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was released in 1973. The film was set in the Tournelles wing of the Hôtel de Rohan-Guémené.
What is the Maison Victor Hugo website?
Find out more about opening times and temporary exhibitions at Maison Victor Hugo on Place des Vosges:
Maison Victor Hugo website
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