Hallwyll Hotel is located at 28 rue Michel-le-Comte, in the 3rd arrondissement of the capital, in the heart of the Marais district.
At this place was first raised a house that belonged to the Middle Ages to a goldsmith, Guillaume Villain.
A first mansion was erected in the early eighteenth century on behalf of the widow of Count Bouligneux, died in the war in Italy. The building remains in the family, but from 1723, it is leased to the bank Landais, and from 1757 to 1766 to the banker Jacques Necker. In 1766, it is also in these places that the daughter of the financier, Germaine, is born. She will become famous under the name of Madame de Staël.
It is still on this date that the heiress of the building, Marie-Thérèse Nicole Demydorge, wife of François Joseph d'Hallwyll, marshal of camps in the service of France, decides to carry out works of restoration, of beautification and enlargement.
The renowned architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, master of neoclassical style, is responsible for leading the project. It adorns the façade with symmetrical and monumental ornamentation with Renaissance references and a portal with Tuscan columns. Behind the building overlooking the street, dedicated to the common, a courtyard houses the main building with the neat decoration. A garden and an atrium lined with galleries are also arranged.
In the nineteenth century, new owners succeed and the mansion is stripped of his works of art, part of the space being transformed into a workshop.
Classified in 1976, the building has been restored and restored to its original luster.
Private property, he does not visit. The only building in Ledoux still visible in the capital, it can still mark a walk or a guided tour of this historic district of Paris. Information on +33 1 49 52 42 63.
